12-letter words containing a, n, g, l, o, s
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- 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
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- 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.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.