12-letter words containing a, s, t, r, g, l
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sales target — a fixed amount of sales that a person or organization wants to achieve
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scarlet sage — a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- 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-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems