11-letter words containing r, a, g, s
- arthralgias — Plural form of arthralgia.
- arthrograms — Plural form of arthrogram.
- arts degree — a degree in an arts subject
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- asterisking — Present participle of asterisk.
- astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astringents — Plural form of astringent.
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- astrologers — Plural form of astrologer.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- axle grease — lubricant for axles
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
- 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.
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bragg's law — the principle that when a beam of X-rays of wavelength λ enters a crystal, the maximum intensity of the reflected ray occurs when sin θ = nλ/2d, where θ is the complement of the angle of incidence, n is a whole number, and d is the distance between layers of atoms
- braggartism — the activity of a braggart
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- broad glass — cylinder glass.
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burnt sugar — caramel