12-letter words containing g, a, b, s
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- subaggregate — a subtotal
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- through bass — figured bass.
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- upright bass — double bass
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain