12-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- 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.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- 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.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- long-handles — long underwear.
- 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.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- 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
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- 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.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.