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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.
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