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

  • originations — Plural form of origination.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • pass through — an act of passing.
  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
  • 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.
  • ponta grossa — a city in S Brazil.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • registration — the act of registering.
  • report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • 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.
  • sorting yard — sorting tracks.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
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