12-letter words containing a, e, d, o, g, u
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- 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.
- 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
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unnegotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- unoriginated — not originated
- unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer