12-letter words containing t, r, i, g, e
- bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- concentering — (American spelling) alternative spelling of concentringt; present participle of concenter.
- concertgoing — the practice of attending concerts of music
- concretizing — Present participle of concretize.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.