12-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s
- 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.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- 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.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- window glass — glass used in windows
- woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain