12-letter words containing a, g, r, e, t
- appreciating — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprenticing — Present participle of apprentice.
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- archegoniate — having archegonia
- archeologist — archaeology.
- architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
- arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arrangements — preparatory measures taken or plans made; preparations
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- astigmatizer — a cylindrical lens used in a rangefinder to draw out the point image of a point source into a line.
- astigmometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astrogeology — the study of the structure, composition, and history of other planets and other bodies in the solar system
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- auger effect — the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron shell
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- cabbage tree — a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carpet grass — either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.