9-letter words containing G
Embark on an exploration of 9-letter words that contain the letter G. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate G within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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something | 15 | An indeterminate or unknown event. | - |
happening | 17 | an event that happens | - |
dangerous | 11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | a dangerous criminal |
beginning | 13 | serving to begin | the beginning canto of the poem |
listening | 10 | the act of hearing attentively | you can learn a lot by just listening |
screaming | 14 | sharp piercing cry | her screaming attracted the neighbors |
following | 16 | a group of followers or enthusiasts | - |
according | 15 | (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | according to historians |
wondering | 14 | showing curiosity | - |
apologize | 21 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | I apologized for being late |
forgotten | 13 | not noticed inadvertently | her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night |
recognize | 21 | express greetings upon meeting someone | - |
emergency | 17 | a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage | - |
gentleman | 12 | a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | - |
expecting | 21 | - | - |
breathing | 15 | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | - |
cigarette | 12 | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | - |
suffering | 16 | feelings of mental or physical pain | - |
knowledge | 18 | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | - |
including | 13 | - | - |
challenge | 15 | take exception to | She challenged his claims |
agreement | 12 | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business |
advantage | 14 | benefit resulting from some event or action | it turned out to my advantage |
champagne | 19 | a region of northeastern France | - |
nightmare | 15 | a situation resembling a terrifying dream | - |
searching | 15 | having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | searching insights |
guarantee | 10 | give surety or assume responsibility | - |
religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
chuckling | 21 | - | - |
recording | 13 | the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth |
returning | 10 | tending to be turned back | - |
lightning | 14 | abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light | - |
answering | 13 | replying | an answering glance |
traveling | 13 | the act of going from one place to another | - |
colleague | 12 | an associate that one works with | - |
organized | 20 | being a member of or formed into a labor union | organized labor |
signature | 10 | a distinguishing style | - |
preparing | 14 | - | - |
regarding | 12 | - | - |
believing | 15 | the cognitive process that leads to convictions | seeing is believing |
neighbour | 15 | live or be located as a neighbor | - |
remaining | 12 | not used up | saved the remaining sandwiches for supper |
delighted | 15 | filled with wonder and delight | - |
overnight | 16 | lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | an overnight trip |
recognise | 12 | express greetings upon meeting someone | - |
reporting | 12 | the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | - |
finishing | 16 | a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | - |
gathering | 14 | the act of gathering something | - |
wandering | 14 | travelling about without any clear destination | she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him |
attacking | 16 | disposed to attack | - |
graduated | 12 | marked with or divided into degrees | - |
orphanage | 15 | a public institution for the care of orphans | - |
generally | 13 | usually; as a rule | - |
autograph | 15 | mark with one's signature | The author autographed his book |
operating | 12 | being in effect or operation | the company had several operating divisions |
whistling | 16 | the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | - |
confusing | 15 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | sent confusing signals to Iraq |
negotiate | 10 | succeed in passing through, around, or over | - |
bodyguard | 17 | someone who escorts and protects a prominent person | - |
passenger | 12 | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it | - |
defending | 15 | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
apologise | 12 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | - |
messenger | 12 | a person who carries a message | - |
pregnancy | 17 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | - |
spreading | 13 | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | - |
godfather | 17 | any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
wrestling | 13 | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | - |
programme | 16 | an integrated course of academic studies | - |
receiving | 15 | - | - |
slaughter | 13 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
gratitude | 11 | a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help |
gradually | 14 | in a gradual manner | the snake moved gradually toward its victim |
strongest | 10 | - | - |
privilege | 15 | bestow a privilege upon | - |
marketing | 16 | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | - |
foreigner | 13 | someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | - |
encourage | 12 | contribute to the progress or growth of | - |
vegetable | 15 | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | - |
moonlight | 15 | the light of the Moon | moonlight is the smuggler's enemy |
promising | 14 | likely to turn out well in the future | the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career |
righteous | 13 | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much |
legendary | 14 | celebrated in fable or legend | legendary exploits of Jesse James |
demanding | 14 | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill | found the job very demanding |
generator | 10 | someone who originates or causes or initiates something | he was the generator of several complaints |
spaghetti | 15 | pasta in the form of long strings | - |
referring | 13 | - | - |
repeating | 12 | the act of doing or performing again | - |
accepting | 16 | tolerating without protest | always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates |
virginity | 16 | the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
imaginary | 15 | not based on fact; existing only in the imagination | a small child's imaginary friends |
fragrance | 15 | a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | - |
goddammit | 16 | - | - |
muttering | 12 | a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | - |
vengeance | 15 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge |
producing | 15 | - | - |
regularly | 13 | in a regular manner | letters arrived regularly from his children |
imagining | 13 | - | - |
integrity | 13 | an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development |
discharge | 16 | remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | - |
attending | 11 | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | - |
strangely | 13 | in a strange manner | - |
insulting | 10 | expressing extreme contempt | - |
graveyard | 17 | a tract of land used for burials | - |
hamburger | 17 | beef that has been ground | - |
squealing | 19 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
poisoning | 12 | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance | - |
splitting | 12 | resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | - |
surviving | 16 | still in existence | the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil |
ignorance | 12 | the lack of knowledge or education | - |
judgement | 20 | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | - |
arresting | 10 | commanding attention | an arresting drawing of people turning into animals |
nightclub | 17 | a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night |
squeaking | 23 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
strangled | 11 | held in check with difficulty | a strangled scream |
groceries | 12 | - | - |
diagnosis | 11 | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | - |
murmuring | 14 | a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | - |
smuggling | 14 | secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
trembling | 14 | a shaky motion | - |
torturing | 10 | the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession |
troubling | 12 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | a new and troubling thought |
competing | 16 | - | - |
backstage | 18 | concealed from public view or attention | - |
involving | 16 | - | - |
organised | 11 | being a member of or formed into a labor union | - |
providing | 16 | - | - |
goddamned | 15 | extremely | - |
greatness | 10 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
alongside | 11 | side by side | - |
releasing | 10 | emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | - |
illegally | 13 | in an illegal manner | they dumped the waste illegally |
imitating | 12 | - | - |
arrogance | 12 | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | - |
narrating | 10 | - | - |
observing | 15 | quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | - |
revealing | 13 | disclosing unintentionally something concealed | - |
directing | 13 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | felt his mother's directing arm around him |
upsetting | 12 | causing an emotional disturbance | an upsetting experience |
dumplings | 15 | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | - |
bourgeois | 12 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | a bourgeois mentality |
punishing | 15 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | set a punishing pace |
inspiring | 12 | stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
disguised | 12 | having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | - |
exploring | 19 | - | - |
exploding | 20 | - | - |
mythology | 21 | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person | - |
welcoming | 17 | very cordial | a welcoming smile |
diagnosed | 12 | - | - |
screening | 12 | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | - |
exchanged | 23 | changed for (replaced by) something different | - |
neglected | 13 | lacking a caretaker | a neglected child |
appearing | 14 | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | - |
offspring | 18 | any immature animal | - |
switching | 18 | the act of changing one thing or position for another | - |
belonging | 13 | happiness felt in a secure relationship | with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging |
sovereign | 13 | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | - |
spotlight | 15 | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | - |
replacing | 14 | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | replacing the star will not be easy |
improving | 17 | getting higher or more vigorous | an improving economy |
affecting | 18 | arousing affect | the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene |
proposing | 14 | - | - |
realizing | 19 | - | - |
crackling | 18 | the sharp sound of snapping noises | - |
sparkling | 16 | used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | sparkling wines |
godmother | 16 | any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
borrowing | 15 | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent |
preaching | 17 | an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | - |
glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
alligator | 10 | either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | - |
amazingly | 24 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | amazingly, he finished medical school in three years |
strategic | 12 | relating to or concerned with strategy | strategic weapon |
deceiving | 16 | - | - |
alignment | 12 | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | - |
gardening | 12 | the cultivation of plants | - |
geography | 19 | study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | - |
catalogue | 12 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | - |
measuring | 12 | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
willingly | 16 | in a willing manner | I willingly accept |
straining | 10 | an intense or violent exertion | - |
thrilling | 13 | causing a surge of emotion or excitement | a thrilling performer to watch |
margarita | 12 | a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice | - |
disgusted | 12 | having a strong distaste from surfeit | grew more and more disgusted |
shivering | 16 | a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | - |
squeezing | 28 | the act of gripping and pressing firmly | - |
strangest | 10 | - | - |
seemingly | 15 | from appearances alone | the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned |
promoting | 14 | - | - |
comparing | 16 | the act of examining resemblances | - |
genuinely | 13 | genuinely; with authority | - |
shrieking | 17 | sharp piercing cry | - |
immigrant | 14 | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | - |
generated | 11 | - | - |
appealing | 14 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
launching | 15 | the act of propelling with force | - |
admitting | 13 | - | - |
synagogue | 14 | (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | - |
designing | 12 | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue |
gibberish | 17 | unintelligible talking | - |
energetic | 12 | working hard to promote an enterprise | - |
revolting | 13 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | revolting food |
intrigued | 11 | - | - |
appalling | 14 | causing consternation | appalling conditions |
highlight | 20 | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics |
disgraced | 14 | suffering shame | - |
drugstore | 11 | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | - |
enlighten | 13 | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | - |
bangalore | 12 | an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai) | - |
clamoring | 14 | loud and persistent outcry from many people | - |
allegedly | 14 | according to what has been alleged | he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife |
paragraph | 17 | divide into paragraphs, as of text | This story is well paragraphed |
scapegoat | 14 | someone who is punished for the errors of others | - |
insisting | 10 | continual and persistent demands | - |
grandiose | 11 | affectedly genteel | - |
arranging | 11 | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | - |
informing | 15 | a speech act that conveys information | - |
disregard | 12 | refuse to acknowledge | - |
goddamnit | 14 | - | - |
nightfall | 16 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
consuming | 14 | very strong; urgently felt | politics is his consuming passion |
cleansing | 12 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
advancing | 16 | moving forward | - |
monsignor | 12 | (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests | - |
biography | 20 | an account of the series of events making up a person's life | - |
violating | 13 | - | - |
reasoning | 10 | thinking that is coherent and logical | - |
recycling | 17 | the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | - |
irregular | 10 | independent in behavior or thought | she led a somewhat irregular private life |
gunpowder | 16 | a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | - |
analyzing | 22 | - | - |
telegraph | 15 | send cables, wires, or telegrams | - |
purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
guerrilla | 10 | a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | - |
whinnying | 19 | - | - |
dragonfly | 17 | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | - |
financing | 15 | the act of financing | - |
navigator | 13 | the ship's officer in charge of navigation | - |
schooling | 15 | the process of being formally educated at a school | - |
stripping | 14 | the removal of covering | - |
provoking | 19 | causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | a provoking delay at the airport |
malignant | 12 | dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) | - |
forgiving | 17 | providing absolution | - |
splashing | 15 | the act of scattering water about haphazardly | - |
thrashing | 16 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
vibrating | 15 | - | - |
dignified | 15 | having or showing self-esteem | - |
youngster | 13 | a young person of either sex | `tiddler' is a British term for youngster |
streaming | 12 | the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | - |
capturing | 14 | - | - |
nighttime | 15 | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | - |
nostalgia | 10 | longing for something past | - |
nostalgic | 12 | unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons | - |
shrinking | 17 | process or result of becoming less or smaller | - |
lecturing | 12 | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | - |
examining | 19 | - | - |
hammering | 17 | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | - |
awakening | 17 | the act of waking | it was an early awakening |
magnitude | 13 | a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 | - |
guitarist | 10 | a musician who plays the guitar | - |
packaging | 19 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | the packaging of new ideas |
migration | 12 | a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) | - |
ravishing | 16 | stunningly beautiful | a ravishing blonde |
obligated | 13 | caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course | felt obligated to repay the kindness |
investing | 13 | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | - |
magically | 17 | in a magical manner | it disappeared magically |
copyright | 20 | a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work | - |
downright | 17 | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | a downright lie |
grotesque | 19 | ludicrously odd | a grotesque reflection in the mirror |
rewarding | 14 | providing personal satisfaction | a rewarding career as a paramedic |
polishing | 15 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
pestering | 12 | causing irritation or annoyance | swarms of pestering gnats |
degrading | 13 | used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | - |
embracing | 16 | the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | - |
concierge | 14 | a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | - |
galapagos | 13 | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life | - |
nightgown | 17 | lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | - |
starlight | 13 | the light of the stars | - |
urinating | 10 | - | - |
startling | 10 | so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm | Sydney's startling new Opera House |
submerged | 15 | beneath the surface of the water | submerged rocks |
detergent | 11 | having cleansing power | - |
achieving | 18 | - | - |
vigilante | 13 | member of a vigilance committee | - |
biologist | 12 | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms | - |
parenting | 12 | - | - |
throbbing | 17 | an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | he felt a throbbing in his head |
hijacking | 26 | robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force | - |
astrology | 13 | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | - |
monologue | 12 | speech you make to yourself | - |
prolonged | 13 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | a prolonged and bitter struggle |
intruding | 11 | projecting inward | - |
declaring | 13 | - | - |
fortnight | 16 | a period of fourteen consecutive days | most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight |
mongolian | 12 | a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia | - |
occurring | 14 | - | - |
offending | 17 | offending against or breaking a law or rule | contracts offending against the statute were canceled |
smilingly | 15 | with smiles; in a smiling manner | the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together |
logically | 15 | in a logical manner | he acted logically under the circumstances |
supposing | 14 | - | - |
restoring | 10 | - | - |
devouring | 14 | (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | fierce devouring affection |
digestion | 11 | learning and coming to understand ideas and information | his appetite for facts was better than his digestion |
espionage | 12 | the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
featuring | 13 | - | - |
cartridge | 13 | an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | - |
overdoing | 14 | - | - |
oversight | 16 | a mistake resulting from inattention | - |
vanishing | 16 | a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
surrogate | 10 | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | surrogate father |
misguided | 14 | poorly conceived or thought out | - |
scrubbing | 16 | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | - |
squatting | 19 | the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | - |
unwilling | 13 | in spite of contrary volition | an unwilling smile |
divorcing | 16 | - | - |
sociology | 15 | the study and classification of human societies | - |
supplying | 17 | the activity of supplying or providing something | - |
rearrange | 10 | put into a new order or arrangement | Please rearrange these files |
highlands | 17 | a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse) | - |
geologist | 11 | a specialist in geology | - |
caressing | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
ambiguous | 14 | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates |
twitching | 18 | a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition | - |
lifeguard | 14 | an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | - |
gossiping | 13 | a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | - |
bickering | 18 | a quarrel about petty points | - |
canceling | 14 | - | - |
mortgaged | 14 | burdened with legal or financial obligations | his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged |
reckoning | 16 | a bill for an amount due | - |
gladiator | 11 | a professional boxer | - |
gymnasium | 17 | athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | - |
balancing | 14 | getting two things to correspond | - |
agreeable | 12 | in keeping | salaries agreeable with current trends |
moneybags | 17 | - | - |
unchanged | 16 | remaining in an original state | - |
piggyback | 24 | on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | she carried her child piggyback |
polygraph | 20 | a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
recurring | 12 | coming back | - |
registrar | 10 | someone responsible for keeping records | - |
digestive | 14 | any substance that promotes digestion | - |
combining | 16 | the act of combining things to form a new whole | - |
forgetful | 16 | failing to keep in mind | forgetful of her responsibilities |
entourage | 10 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
mistaking | 16 | putting the wrong interpretation on | there was no mistaking her meaning |
sabotaged | 13 | - | - |
pathology | 18 | any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | - |
scavenger | 15 | someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | - |
stitching | 15 | joining or attaching by stitches | - |
strangler | 10 | someone who kills by strangling | - |
unloading | 11 | the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
ingenuity | 13 | the property of being ingenious | a plot of great ingenuity |
entangled | 11 | deeply involved especially in something complicated | felt unwilling entangled in their affairs |
safeguard | 14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | an insurance policy is a good safeguard |
regulated | 11 | controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law | well regulated industries |
impending | 15 | close in time; about to occur | his impending retirement |
lingering | 11 | the act of tarrying | - |
magdalene | 13 | - | - |
knowingly | 20 | with full knowledge and deliberation | - |
diaphragm | 18 | a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | - |
computing | 16 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | - |
governing | 14 | the act of governing; exercising authority | regulations for the governing of state prisons |
grumbling | 15 | continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound | - |
modelling | 13 | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | - |
nurturing | 10 | - | - |
slingshot | 13 | a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | - |
repugnant | 12 | offensive to the mind | morally repugnant customs |
longevity | 16 | duration of service | her longevity as a star |
hindsight | 17 | understanding the nature of an event after it has happened | hindsight is always better than foresight |
detecting | 13 | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | - |
fattening | 13 | subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter | a fattening hog |
tangerine | 10 | a variety of mandarin orange | - |
refueling | 13 | the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | - |
magnesium | 14 | a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | - |
deserving | 14 | (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | the deserving poor |
executing | 19 | putting a condemned person to death | - |
galleries | 10 | - | - |
weakening | 17 | causing debilitation | - |
shuffling | 19 | the act of mixing cards haphazardly | - |
profiling | 15 | recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people | - |
cognitive | 15 | of or being or relating to or involving cognition | cognitive psychology |
guarantor | 10 | one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | - |
asparagus | 12 | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | - |
logistics | 12 | handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed | - |
agonizing | 20 | extremely painful | - |
partridge | 13 | heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | - |
magnetism | 14 | the branch of science that studies magnetism | - |
daylights | 17 | - | - |
greyhound | 17 | a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog | - |
clergyman | 17 | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | - |
servicing | 15 | the act of mating by male animals | the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
sickening | 16 | causing or able to cause nausea | a sickening stench |
sugarcane | 12 | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice | - |
prognosis | 12 | a prediction of the course of a disease | - |
illogical | 12 | lacking in correct logical relation | - |
droppings | 15 | fecal matter of animals | - |
boogeyman | 17 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children | - |
migrating | 13 | - | - |
mimicking | 20 | - | - |
tampering | 14 | the act of altering something secretly or improperly | - |
requiring | 19 | - | - |
rendering | 11 | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | - |
disagreed | 12 | - | - |
archangel | 15 | a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | - |
revolving | 16 | - | - |
headlight | 17 | a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive | - |
dribbling | 15 | the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | - |
scorching | 17 | hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface | scorching heat |
twinkling | 17 | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | - |
limelight | 15 | a focus of public attention | he enjoyed being in the limelight |
foresight | 16 | seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | - |
freighter | 16 | a cargo ship | - |
governess | 13 | a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) | - |
organizer | 19 | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | - |
hourglass | 13 | a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
massaging | 13 | - | - |
margarine | 12 | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | - |
hollering | 13 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
educating | 13 | - | - |
galloping | 13 | - | - |
absorbing | 14 | capable of arousing and holding the attention | - |
signaling | 11 | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | - |
excluding | 20 | - | - |
relieving | 13 | - | - |
integrate | 10 | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | - |
glorified | 14 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
guacamole | 14 | a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings | - |
bellowing | 15 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
negligent | 11 | characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern | negligent parents |
indulgent | 11 | tolerant or lenient | indulgent parents risk spoiling their children |
composing | 16 | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | - |
goldsmith | 16 | Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774) | - |
watergate | 13 | a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 | - |
thrusting | 13 | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | he made a thrusting motion with his fist |
realising | 10 | - | - |
reprogram | 14 | - | - |
inquiring | 19 | a request for information | - |
hermitage | 15 | the abode of a hermit | - |
grappling | 15 | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | - |
enigmatic | 14 | not clear to the understanding | I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later |
algorithm | 15 | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem | - |
acquiring | 21 | the act of acquiring something | I envied his talent for acquiring |
jabbering | 21 | rapid and indistinct speech | - |
diligence | 13 | persevering determination to perform a task | his diligence won him quick promotions |
flowering | 16 | a developmental process | the flowering of antebellum culture |
frightful | 19 | provoking horror | a frightful crime of decapitation |
seasoning | 10 | something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | - |
unplugged | 14 | - | - |
importing | 14 | the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | - |
disengage | 12 | free or remove obstruction from | - |
grievance | 15 | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | - |
cartilage | 12 | tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | - |
ascending | 13 | the act of changing location in an upward direction | - |
mightiest | 15 | - | - |
strapping | 14 | muscular and heavily built | a strapping boy of eighteen |
longitude | 11 | the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich | - |
gonorrhea | 13 | a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | - |
assigning | 11 | the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | - |
nightlife | 16 | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
rewinding | 14 | - | - |
agitation | 10 | a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | - |
deafening | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
emergence | 14 | the act of emerging | - |
emigrated | 13 | - | - |
estranged | 11 | caused to be unloved | - |
grandmama | 15 | - | - |
guidebook | 17 | something that offers basic information or instruction | - |
vigilance | 15 | vigilant attentiveness | - |
strutting | 10 | - | - |
pigheaded | 17 | obstinate and stupid | - |
picturing | 14 | visual imagery | - |
regulator | 10 | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | - |
pentagram | 14 | a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | - |
indulging | 12 | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | - |
consoling | 12 | affording comfort or solace | - |
engraving | 14 | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | - |
orangutan | 10 | large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | - |
overgrown | 16 | abounding in usually unwanted vegetation | - |
signorina | 10 | an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name | - |
rewriting | 13 | editing that involves writing something again | - |
unfolding | 14 | a developmental process | - |
uplifting | 15 | the rise of something | the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky |
pragmatic | 16 | concerned with practical matters | a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem |
resolving | 13 | analysis into clear-cut components | - |
boomerang | 14 | a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower | - |
withering | 16 | any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) | - |
strumming | 14 | - | - |
undergone | 11 | - | - |
rationing | 10 | the act of rationing | during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline |
declining | 13 | - | - |
grapevine | 15 | gossip spread by spoken communication | - |
enhancing | 15 | - | - |
bilingual | 12 | a person who speaks two languages fluently | - |
patronage | 12 | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | - |
sacrilege | 12 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
crippling | 16 | that cripples or disables or incapacitates | a crippling injury |
colliding | 13 | - | - |
battering | 12 | the act of subjecting to strong attack | - |
originate | 10 | bring into being | - |
polluting | 12 | - | - |
plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - |
preceding | 15 | of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | - |