12-letter words containing g, e, s, u
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- house of god — Also called house of worship, house of prayer. a building devoted to religious worship; a church, synagogue, temple, chapel, etc.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jelly fungus — any of various fungi of the order Tremellales, distinguished by gelatinous basidiocarp.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languageless — without language or a language
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.