11-letter words containing ng
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astringents — Plural form of astringent.
- at an angle — If something is at an angle, it is leaning in a particular direction so that it is not straight, horizontal, or vertical.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- 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.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autoloading — self-loading
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backing dog — a dog that moves a flock of sheep by jumping on their backs
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banking 2.0 — a name given to several radical departures from the traditional model of banking, esp the use of communications technology to facilitate lending between individuals
- banking pin — either of two pins for damping or halting the oscillation, in either direction, of a balance or lever.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom