12-letter words containing a, g, o, e
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- target group — intended audience or customers
- tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- the go-ahead — permission to proceed
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- theatre-goer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.