11-letter words containing s, e, n, g, a
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- asterisking — Present participle of asterisk.
- astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astringents — Plural form of astringent.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- 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.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
- casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
- 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)
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- cognizances — Plural form of cognizance.
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- congregants — Plural form of congregant.