12-letter words containing g, o, a, t, c, h
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithological — Of or pertaining to lithology.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- thigmotactic — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine