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11-letter words containing n, o, a, g, e

  • archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
  • armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
  • aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
  • atherogenic — causing atheroma
  • autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
  • autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
  • autogenesis — spontaneous generation
  • autogenetic — self-generated.
  • autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
  • baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
  • basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
  • bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
  • baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
  • battlewagon — a battleship
  • bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
  • be great on — to be informed about
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
  • bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
  • bioregional — relating to a bioregion
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
  • boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
  • cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
  • cape pigeon — a species of seagoing petrel, Daption capensis, with characteristic white wing patches: a common winter visitor off the coasts of southern Africa: family Diomedeidae
  • carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • cargo liner — a cargo ship that sails regularly between designated ports according to a published schedule.
  • cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
  • caseinogens — Plural form of caseinogen.
  • casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
  • castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
  • cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
  • centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
  • chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
  • change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
  • change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
  • changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
  • chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
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