12-letter words containing a, t, o, r, n, e
- generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
- generation o — the youthful voters who supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election
- generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.