12-letter words containing g, a, s, t, i, o
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- 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.
- organisation — the act or process of organizing.
- originations — Plural form of origination.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- 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)
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- 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.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- pestological — relating to pestology
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- 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
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- registration — the act of registering.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot