0%

11-letter words containing t, o, n, g

  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
  • bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
  • box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
  • brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
  • bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
  • bring forth — to give birth to
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
  • bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
  • bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
  • burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
  • cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
  • cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
  • castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • cat-and-dog — continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive: cat-and-dog competition.
  • cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
  • centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
  • cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
  • chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
  • 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)
  • chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
  • cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
  • coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
  • coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
  • coalignment — Alignment together.
  • coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
  • coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
  • 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.
  • cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
  • code dating — the system of marking products with the date when they were packed
  • coextending — Present participle of coextend.
  • cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
  • cogenerator — a facility that produces energy from waste
  • cogitations — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
  • cognitional — Of or pertaining to cognition.
  • cognitively — in a cognitive manner
  • cognitivism — the meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments state facts and so are either true or false
  • cognitivist — A person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
  • cognitivity — the state of being cognitive
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?