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12-letter words containing e, s, t, a, g

  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • strategising — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • subaggregate — a subtotal
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
  • 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.
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
  • 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 against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
  • 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.
  • telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
  • tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
  • tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • texas ranger — a member of the Texas state police force or, especially formerly, of the mounted state police.
  • text message — an electronic message sent over a cellular network from one cell phone to another by typing words, often in shortened form, as “l8t” for “late,” on the phone's numeric or QWERTY keypad.
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the greatest — an exceptional person
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • the-stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
  • theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • top sergeant — a first sergeant.
  • 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.
  • transgenesis — the transfer of human genes into animals or cultured cells, especially to produce molecules with therapeutic value.
  • transgressed — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • transgressor — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
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