12-letter words containing a, c, t, g
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- grammaticise — to make grammatical
- grammaticism — a point or principle of grammar.
- grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
- granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- grass cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- grass-cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- illogicality — illogic.
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- incinerating — Present participle of incinerate.
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- incrassating — Present participle of incrassate.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- intoxicating — Archaic. intoxicated.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- kick against — If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way.