12-letter words containing a, g, o, e
- sargasso sea — a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
- scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
- 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.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- 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 tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- sole legatee — the only person who receives a legacy
- solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- 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
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.