11-letter words containing t, u, n, g, s
- fistulizing — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- flying suit — a one-piece garment covering the whole body, worn by aircraft pilots and other crew members
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- fungus gnat — any of several mosquitolike insects of the family Mycetophilidae, the larvae of which feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
- fustigating — Present participle of fustigate.
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- giant squid — any squid of the genus Architeuthis, inhabiting deep ocean bottoms and sometimes attaining an arm span of 65 feet (20 meters) or more.
- gigantesque — of a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer
- glutinosity — The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
- glutinously — In a glutinous manner.
- goosetongue — The plant sneezewort.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
- green stuff — paper money.
- groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
- groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
- groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
- guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
- guest night — an evening when members of an institution are allowed to bring guests
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- gunsmithing — The craft of a gunsmith.
- gutlessness — The state or condition of being gutless; cowardice.
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
- gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- hsuan t'ung — Pu-yi, Henry.
- hsuan tsung — a.d. 685–762, Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty 712–756.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
- insectifuge — a substance or preparation for driving off insects.
- insinuating — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
- instituting — Present participle of institute.
- instructing — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insultingly — In an insulting manner.
- insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
- integuments — Plural form of integument.