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