10-letter words containing t, o, n, g, u
- digoneutic — producing offspring twice yearly
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- ectogenous — growing outside the body of the host, as certain bacteria and other parasites.
- engouement — infatuation
- entourages — Plural form of entourage.
- fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fungitoxic — toxic to fungi.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- gluttoning — Present participle of glutton.
- gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
- gluttonize — to eat like a glutton.
- gluttonous — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- gouernment — Obsolete spelling of government.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundnuts — Plural form of groundnut.
- groundouts — Plural form of groundout.
- groundplot — Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- guanajuato — a state in central Mexico. 11,805 sq. mi. (30,575 sq. km).
- guantanamo — a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.
- guarantors — Plural form of guarantor.
- gubernator — a governor
- guillotine — a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
- gun-toting — carrying a gun, especially a pistol.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- huntingdon — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- huntington — Collis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.
- ice tongue — a section of ice projecting from the base of a glacier.
- incognitum — (informal) An American mammoth whose fossilized skeleton was discovered in 1801.
- integrious — (rare) Marked by integrity.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.