12-letter words containing a, l, g, o, s
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-lasting — enduring or existing for a long period of time: a long-lasting friendship.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- original sin — Theology. a depravity, or tendency to evil, held to be innate in humankind and transmitted from Adam to all humans in consequence of his sin. inclination to evil, inherent in human nature.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae