11-letter words containing n, a, g, l
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- apple green — a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appleringie — an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of South Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- arab legion — a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- arkhangelsk — seaport in NW Russia, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River: pop. 407,000
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- arrangeable — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- at a glance — If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
- 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.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autoloading — self-loading
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- 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.
- 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.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- banana plug — a small single-conductor electrical plug having a curved metal spring along its shank forming a clip to hold it in its socket
- banana slug — a large, bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk, Ariolimax columbianus, of the northwestern forests of North America: the second largest slug in the world.
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.