10-letter words that end in g
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
- antedating — An example or instance of a word, phrase, etc., at a date earlier than previously known or recorded.
- anti-aging — effective in retarding the effects of aging: Chemists hope to produce an antiaging drug.
- antibusing — opposed to busing, the policy of transporting students to faraway schools in order to achieve racial balance within the public education system
- anticaking — denoting an agent used to prevent substances from going hard or forming lumps
- antiracing — Opposing racing.
- aphorizing — Present participle of aphorize.
- apparating — Present participle of apparate.
- appareling — Present participle of apparel.
- appetising — (mostly, British) alternative spelling of appetizing.
- appetizing — Appetizing food looks and smells good, so that you want to eat it.
- applauding — Present participle of applaud.
- appointing — Present participle of appoint.
- appraising — critical, considering
- arraigning — Present participle of arraign.
- arrogating — Present participle of arrogate.
- art lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- assaulting — Present participle of assault.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- asskicking — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- astounding — If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- astricting — Present participle of astrict.
- astringing — Present participle of astringe.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- attainting — Present participle of attaint.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- aufklarung — the Enlightenment, esp in Germany
- augmenting — to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- automating — Present participle of automate.
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- awfulizing — Present participle of awfulize.
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballooning — Ballooning is the sport or activity of flying a hot-air balloon.
- bandishing — Present participle of bandish.