11-letter words containing t, r, i, g, e
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- terrorising — to fill or overcome with terror.
- tetragynian — related to or belonging to the Tetragynia class of plants having four pistils
- tetraplegia — quadriplegia.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the diggers — a radical English Puritan group, led by Gerrard Winstanley, which advocated communal ownership of land (1649–50)
- the gherkin — the nickname of a bluish cigar-shaped office block in the City of London; height 180 m (585 ft); opened in in 2004
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- the gracchi — the brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman tribunes and reformers
- the strings — violins, violas, cellos, and double basses collectively
- there again — on second thoughts, however
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- third grade — (in the US) the third year of school, when children are eight or nine years old
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
- tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- tiger's-eye — a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.
- tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
- tigrishness — the quality or state of being tigrish
- timing gear — (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1
- tîrgu mureş — a city in central Romania.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toggle iron — a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- trade guild — a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.
- tragedienne — an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transgenics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of biology concerned with the transfer of genes to other species.
- trial judge — the judge in a trial
- triangulate — composed of or marked with triangles.
- trigger man — a gangster who specializes in gunning people down.
- triggerfish — any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous.
- trimetrogon — of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
- trivia game — a trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turing test — (artificial intelligence) A criterion proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 for deciding whether a computer is intelligent. Turing called it "the Imitation Game" and offered it as a replacement for the question, "Can machines think?" A human holds a written conversation on any topic with an unseen correspondent (nowadays it might be by electronic mail or chat). If the human believes he is talking to another human when he is really talking to a computer then the computer has passed the Turing test and is deemed to be intelligent. Turing predicted that within 50 years (by the year 2000) technological progress would produce computing machines with a capacity of 10**9 bits, and that with such machinery, a computer program would be able to fool the average questioner for 5 minutes about 70% of the time. The Loebner Prize is a competition to find a computer program which can pass an unrestricted Turing test. See also AI-complete.
- twi-nighter — a twi-night doubleheader.