11-letter words containing n, a, g, u
- 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.
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- aquatinting — Present participle of aquatint.
- 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
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
- 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.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autoloading — self-loading
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bagna cauda — a dip made from garlic, anchovies, butter, and olive oil, usually served hot over a spirit burner, with raw vegetables
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- 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.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beanbag gun — a gun that fires a fabric bag containing lead shot, designed to stun or knock the target to the ground