12-letter words containing g, a, n, p
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- spin casting — spinning (def 3).
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- staging post — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- tape editing — the process of putting the various segments of a master video or audio tape into a predetermined sequence: usually done electronically.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.