11-letter words containing t, h, a, g
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
- black light — the invisible electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet and infrared regions of the spectrum
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chattanooga — a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- 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.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cologarithm — the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number; the negative value of the logarithm
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- death angel — Azrael.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diphthongia — diplophonia.
- dishearting — Present participle of disheart.