12-letter words containing a, l, g, r, p
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
- spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
- spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- 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
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler