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.