11-letter words containing u, g, a
- ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
- amino group — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- amino-sugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- amphigenous — (of certain parasitic fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
- amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
- analogously — having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
- androgenous — producing only male offspring
- androgynous — In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
- angiomatous — a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- anguishment — Anguish.
- anisogamous — reproducing by the fusion of dissimilar gametes or individuals, usually differing in size.
- annual ring — a ring of wood indicating one year's growth, seen in the transverse section of stems and roots of woody plants growing in temperate climates
- annual wage — a provision in a contract with an employer guaranteeing the employee a minimum income or work over a period of one year.
- anti-busing — opposing legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- anti-g suit — a garment for fliers and astronauts designed to exert pressure on the abdomen and thighs to prevent or retard the pooling of blood below the heart under the influence of excessive head-to-toe acceleration forces.
- antibugging — designed to detect and alert a person to the use of a secret listening device: to install antibugging equipment.
- antiburglar — intended to prevent burglary
- antidumping — a method of trade protection intended to stop other countries dumping goods cheaply on a domestic market
- antifatigue — reducing or preventing fatigue
- antifouling — (of a paint or other coating) inhibiting the growth of barnacles and other marine organisms on a ship's bottom
- antigonus i — known as Cyclops. 382–301 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; king of Macedon (306–301)
- antihunting — opposed to hunters or hunting practices
- antimutagen — any substance that acts against a mutagen
- antiquating — Present participle of antiquate.
- anzengruber — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1839–89, Austrian playwright and novelist.
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- aquatinting — Present participle of aquatint.
- arab league — the league of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to further cultural, economic, military, political, and social cooperation
- arbitrageur — a person who engages in arbitrage
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- argumentive — argumentative
- armed guard — a guard who is carrying a gun
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assubjugate — to cause to be oppressed or overpowered
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attenuating — to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.