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12-letter words containing g, r, o, t, e, s

  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
  • or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
  • progesterone — Biochemistry. a hormone, C 2 1 H 3 0 O 2 , that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy.
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • register ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • registration — the act of registering.
  • report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
  • 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.
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • 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.
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • snollygoster — a clever, unscrupulous person.
  • 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.
  • sooty grouse — blue grouse.
  • sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
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