13-letter words containing t, g, s
- archeologists — archaeology.
- arcticologist — a person who specializes in arcticology.
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- as all getout — Commerce. the break-even point.
- ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
- assassinating — Present participle of assassinate.
- assignability — The quality of being assignable.
- assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
- astacological — relating to astacology
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- at this stage — at this point: in a process
- athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
- atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- auguste comte — (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) [ee-zee-dawr oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
- austenitizing — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- back straight — a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point
- back-stabbing — Back-stabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- bag of waters — a fluid-filled membranous sac in the pregnant uterus that encloses and cushions the fetus, normally breaking at or just before the time of birth; the amnion.
- bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
- baggagemaster — a person employed, especially by a railroad, bus company, or steamship line, to take charge of passengers' baggage.
- bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- beige toaster — Macintosh
- benightedness — intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- bill-sticking — a person who posts bills and advertisements.
- bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
- biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
- bitch goddess — worldly or material success personified as a goddess, especially one requiring sacrifice and being essentially destructive: He went to New York to worship the bitch goddess.
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
- body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
- bottomfishing — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)