12-letter words containing g, o, a, t, n
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- rat kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- rat-kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- registration — the act of registering.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- relitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- repagination — Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retrocognate — being or pertaining to memory or extrasensory perception of past events.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- roentgen ray — (sometimes lowercase) x-ray.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- 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.
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- 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.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.