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11-letter words containing t, i, g, r

  • the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
  • the gracchi — the brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman tribunes and reformers
  • the strings — violins, violas, cellos, and double basses collectively
  • there again — on second thoughts, however
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • third grade — (in the US) the third year of school, when children are eight or nine years old
  • thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
  • threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thrillingly — producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.
  • thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
  • thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • tiger's-eye — a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.
  • tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
  • tigrishness — the quality or state of being tigrish
  • timing gear — (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1
  • tîrgu mureş — a city in central Romania.
  • tiring room — a dressing room, especially in a theater.
  • to go right — If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • toggle iron — a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
  • toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
  • toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
  • tomographic — relating to tomography
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
  • topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
  • touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • trade guild — a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.
  • traducingly — in a traducing manner
  • trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • tragedienne — an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
  • tragi-comic — Something that is tragi-comic is both sad and amusing at the same time.
  • tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
  • tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
  • tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  • transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • transgenics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of biology concerned with the transfer of genes to other species.
  • transpiring — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transposing — the act of transposing
  • trial judge — the judge in a trial
  • triangulate — composed of or marked with triangles.
  • tribologist — a student of, or expert in, tribology
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