12-letter words containing g, l, a, n, s
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plagiarising — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
- salary range — pay scale
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sankt gallen — German name of St. Gallen.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- secant angle — an angle formed by two secants meeting in a point
- seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.