12-letter words containing a, d, g, i, o, s
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- indignations — Plural form of indignation.
- indigo snake — a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- misdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdiagnose.
- misdiagnoses — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- misdiagnosis — an incorrect diagnosis.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.