11-letter words containing t, a, g, b
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- diabetology — (medicine) The study of the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
- diving boat — a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- east bengal — formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- fixing bath — a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing, to dissolve unexposed silver halides. It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- garment bag — a travel bag made of pliable, durable material with a handle and a zipper closure, designed to hang straight or fold double and used to carry suits, dresses, coats, or the like without crushing or wrinkling.
- garter belt — an undergarment of cloth or elastic, with attached garters, worn by women to hold up stockings.
- gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- geobotanist — a person who studies geobotany
- geodatabase — (geography, computing) A database containing geographical and spatial data.
- get back at — take revenge on
- get back to — resume
- get-at-able — accessible
- gift of gab — an aptitude for speaking fluently, glibly, or persuasively.
- give battle — to commence fighting
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guttae band — regula.
- gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.