12-letter words containing g, e, t, a, n
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on a tangent — on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought
- on aggregate — If one team beats another on aggregate, it wins because it has a higher total score than the other team after a series of games.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- 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.
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- 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.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patent agent — a person who draws up applications for patents
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- penning gate — a sluice gate that opens by lifting upward.
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- permanganate — a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.
- perpetrating — to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight