12-letter words containing g, l, a, s, e, n
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- 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
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- 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.
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- 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.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- 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
- 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.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- 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).
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler