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12-letter words containing a, m, g, u

  • garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
  • gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
  • get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
  • giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
  • glamour girl — a girl or woman whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
  • glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
  • glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
  • green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
  • grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
  • gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
  • guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
  • guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
  • gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
  • gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
  • gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hematogenous — originating in the blood.
  • heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
  • homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
  • housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • human genome — genetic code of human beings
  • human rights — basic civil freedoms
  • hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
  • hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
  • illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
  • ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
  • judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
  • judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
  • jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
  • jumping hare — springhare.
  • jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
  • jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
  • karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
  • kigoma-ujiji — a city composed of two merged towns in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: Stanley found Livingstone in Ujiji 1871.
  • kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
  • lake managua — a lake in W Nicaragua: drains into Lake Nicaragua by the Tipitapa River. Length: 61 km (38 miles). Width: about 26 km (16 miles)
  • languishment — the act or state of languishing.
  • laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
  • league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
  • lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
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