12-letter words containing g, a, s, p, e
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gapped scale — a scale, such as a pentatonic scale, containing fewer than seven notes
- garage space — space available for housing a motor vehicle, usually within a purpose-built building
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- gas pipeline — a system of transmission for gaseous material, esp natural gas
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- grasshoppers — Plural form of grasshopper.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him