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12-letter words containing g, e, t, a, n

  • single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • stage-manage — to work as a stage manager for: When he wasn't acting, he stage-managed a repertory theater.
  • staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
  • staging area — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
  • steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steam-engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
  • steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
  • stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
  • storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
  • strange star — a hypothetical celestial object that is intermediate in density between a neutron star and a black hole, possibly the remnant of a massive neutron star with all particles reduced to strange quarks.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • strategising — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
  • tale-telling — a telltale; talebearer.
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • tangent line — tangent (def 4).
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