11-letter words containing t, a, u, g
- argumentive — argumentative
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assubjugate — to cause to be oppressed or overpowered
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attenuating — to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- 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
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
- autoloading — self-loading
- autological — (grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burnt sugar — caramel