12-letter words containing g, l, a, n, s
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- 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.
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person's body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, especially those containing synthetic fibers.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- unglamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life