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