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12-letter words containing a, u, g, e

  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
  • target group — intended audience or customers
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
  • tongue graft — whip graft.
  • tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
  • treasury tag — a short piece of cord having metal ends one of which can be slotted inside the other: used for holding papers together or fastening them into a file
  • tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
  • tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
  • turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unaggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • unappetizing — appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory.
  • unassignable — not able to be transferred
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
  • unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
  • unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
  • uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
  • uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • unconcealing — not concealing or hiding anything; revealing
  • unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
  • uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • under-manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • underbearing — unassuming
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
  • undergarment — an article of underwear.
  • underlapping — to extend partly under.
  • undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
  • undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • 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.
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