11-letter words containing s, a, g, c, i
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icing sugar — Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets.
- inviscating — Present participle of inviscate.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- italicising — Present participle of italicise.
- jackass rig — a rig of sails not conforming to a recognized type.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magistratic — relating to a magistrate
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- masticating — Present participle of masticate.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- milch glass — milk glass.
- mis-package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- miscarriage — the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
- miscarrying — Present participle of miscarry.
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- mismatching — Present participle of mismatch.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- mistracking — track system.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- mosaic gold — Chemistry. stannic sulfide.