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12-letter words containing g, o, a, t

  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
  • supraglottal — situated above the glottis
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • 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.
  • tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
  • target group — intended audience or customers
  • tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
  • tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
  • 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.
  • teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
  • the go-ahead — permission to proceed
  • the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
  • theatre-goer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
  • theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
  • theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
  • thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
  • thigmotactic — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • to advantage — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  • toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
  • toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
  • tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
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