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11-letter words containing t, r, g

  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
  • bring forth — to give birth to
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • 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.
  • burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
  • burnt sugar — caramel
  • butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
  • cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • 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.
  • care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
  • cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
  • carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
  • cartelizing — Present participle of cartelize.
  • cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
  • castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • 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.
  • castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
  • cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
  • categorical — If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly.
  • categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
  • cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
  • cauterizing — Present participle of cauterize.
  • celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
  • centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
  • 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
  • centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
  • centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
  • centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
  • cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
  • cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
  • cereologist — Someone who studies crop circles, especially one who believes that they are not man-made or formed by other terrestrial processes.
  • cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
  • christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
  • christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
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