12-letter words containing a, r, g
- guinea grass — a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- haemorrhages — Plural form of haemorrhage.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- hair-raising — terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
- hair-trigger — easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- harbingering — Present participle of harbinger.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard landing — Aeronautics. an uncontrolled or rough landing by an aircraft or spacecraft, usually resulting in damage.
- hard linking — hard link
- hard-hitting — striking or capable of striking with force.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.