10-letter words containing n, a, g, i, t
- fluxuating — Misspelling of fluctuating.
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- forfaiting — the financial service of discounting, without recourse, a promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit, etc, received from an overseas buyer by an exporter; a form of debt discounting
- formatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- fracturing — Present participle of fracture.
- fraughting — Present participle of fraught.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fumigating — Present participle of fumigate.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fungistats — Plural form of fungistat.
- gabapentin — (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
- gadolinite — a silicate mineral from which the rare-earth metals gadolinium, holmium, and rhenium are extracted.
- gainstrive — to resist; to oppose
- gala night — a variety of performances, songs, etc, shown over one evening
- galantines — Plural form of galantine.
- gallivants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallivant.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gametangia — an organ or body bearing gametes, as in mosses and liverworts.
- gangliated — having ganglia.
- garnierite — a mineral, hydrous nickel magnesium silicate, occurring in earthy, green masses: an important ore of nickel.
- garnitures — Plural form of garniture.
- gatherings — Plural form of gathering.
- gatlinburg — a town in E Tennessee: resort.
- gear train — a set of automobile gears that transmit power; transmission.
- gelatinate — (transitive) To convert into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
- gelatinize — to make gelatinous.
- gelatinoid — resembling gelatin; gelatinous.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- geminating — Present participle of geminate.
- gemination — a doubling; duplication; repetition.
- generalist — a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a field as a whole or to a variety of different fields (opposed to specialist).
- generality — an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement: to speak in generalities about human rights.
- generating — Present participle of generate.
- generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- generatrix — generator (def 4b).
- genethliac — of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- geniculate — having kneelike joints or bends.
- genitalial — relating to genitalia
- gentamicin — a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.
- geobotanic — phytogeography.
- germinated — Simple past tense and past participle of germinate.
- germinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate.
- giant cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- giant cell — an exceptionally large cell, often possessing several nuclei, such as an osteoclast
- giant clam — any of several huge clams of the family Tridacnidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, as Tridacna gigas: some may weigh more than 500 pounds (225 kg).
- giant crab — a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, sometimes measuring 11 feet (3.4 meters) across from claw to claw.
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- giant reed — a tall grass, Arundo donax, of southern Europe, having woody stems and a spirelike flower cluster often 2 feet (60 cm) long.
- giant star — a star having a diameter of from 10 to 100 times that of the sun, as Arcturus or Aldebaran.