9-letter words containing t, i, g
- arlington — a county of N Virginia: site of Arlington National Cemetery
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- articling — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- assenting — Present participle of assent.
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assisting — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- astonying — Present participle of astony.
- astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
- astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- atomizing — Present participle of atomize.
- atoningly — in an expiating manner
- attaching — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attacking — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- attaining — to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
- attending — having primary responsibility for a patient.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- attingent — touching; in contact.
- attriting — Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- au gratin — covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- automagic — done with such ease and speed as to seem like magic
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- avocating — Present participle of avocate.
- azotizing — Present participle of azotize.
- b-setting — a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open until the shutter control is released
- babington — Anthony 1561–86, English conspirator, executed for organizing an unsuccessful plot (1586) to assassinate Elizabeth I and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bad thing — (jargon) (From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Opposite: Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing (and probably therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing) come from the book referenced in the etymology, which discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the pond.
- balloting — voting in an election
- bang into — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battening — to thrive by feeding; grow fat.