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12-letter words containing g, a, u

  • feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
  • figurability — the quality of being figurable
  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
  • firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
  • fissilingual — having a forked tongue
  • flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
  • flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
  • fluorography — photofluorography.
  • flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
  • flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
  • foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
  • four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
  • gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
  • gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
  • gaius marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
  • galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
  • gallup polls — a representative sampling of public opinion or public awareness concerning a certain subject or issue.
  • galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
  • gamopetalous — having the petals united.
  • gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
  • gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
  • gang of four — a group of four radical members of the Chinese Communist Party who were leaders of the Cultural Revolution and who were purged and imprisoned after the death of Mao Zedong: Jiang Qing (widow of Mao), Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.
  • gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
  • garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
  • gargantuanly — In an gargantuan manner.
  • gas bacillus — any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.
  • gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
  • gas-guzzling — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
  • gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
  • gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
  • gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
  • gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
  • gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
  • gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
  • general rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
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