12-letter words containing e, s, t, a, g
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- 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
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- 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
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sales target — a fixed amount of sales that a person or organization wants to achieve
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sankt gallen — German name of St. Gallen.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner