12-letter words containing g, a, d, i, s
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- parascending — parasailing
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sand casting — Sand casting is a process in which a molten metal is poured into a mold made from sand.
- sand springs — a town in NE Oklahoma.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandpainting — a type of painting done by American Indians, esp in the healing ceremonies of the Navaho, using fine coloured sand on a neutral ground
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily