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12-letter words containing a, n, g, e, l, s

  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • pig islander — a New Zealander
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
  • salary range — pay scale
  • salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • sankt gallen — German name of St. Gallen.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
  • secant angle — an angle formed by two secants meeting in a point
  • seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • singableness — the quality of being singable
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • 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.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
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