12-letter words containing a, s, c, o, g
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- incognisance — Alternative spelling of incognizance.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mosaic image — the collective image produced by the ommatidia of a compound eye
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed