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12-letter words containing a, s, t, r, i, g

  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
  • strategising — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • 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
  • stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • that's right — that is correct
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • traffic sign — notice to vehicles
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transgenesis — the transfer of human genes into animals or cultured cells, especially to produce molecules with therapeutic value.
  • transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transvaginal — through or via the vagina
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • turn against — become hostile to
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
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