11-letter words containing t, r, e, i, n
- frighteners — Plural form of frightener.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- fringe tree — a shrub or small tree, Chionanthus virginicus, of the olive family, native to the southern U.S., bearing open clusters of white flowers with long, narrow petals.
- front-drive — (of an automotive vehicle) having front-wheel drive.
- frostbitten — injured by frost or extreme cold.
- fruit knife — a small knife, usually having a distinctive handle and a stainless steel blade with a sharp or serrated edge, used at table for paring and cutting fruit.
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- gallantries — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
- gallivanter — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- gangsterish — (informal) Gangsterlike.
- gangsterism — the methods or behavior of gangsters.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- generalists — Plural form of generalist.
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- gentrifiers — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- gentrifying — Present participle of gentrify.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- germinating — Present participle of germinate.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- germinative — capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- gill-netter — a person who uses a gill net in fishing.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- graniteware — a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel.
- grant-aided — given financial assistance by an organization
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- great-niece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.