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12-letter words containing a, g, t, e

  • boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
  • bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
  • bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
  • bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
  • bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
  • 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 moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
  • cabbage tree — a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top
  • cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
  • cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
  • camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • 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.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
  • cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • caster sugar — Caster sugar is white sugar that has been ground into fine grains. It is used in cooking.
  • casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
  • catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
  • catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
  • categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
  • categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
  • categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
  • cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
  • center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
  • centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
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