12-letter words containing a, g, u, c
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- ncr language — Software Writer's Language
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- non-conjugal — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quasilogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming