12-letter words containing g, u, a, c
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- 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.”.
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unbiological — pertaining to biology.
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- unconcealing — not concealing or hiding anything; revealing
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unecological — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
- vacuum gauge — a device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure in the receiver of an air pump, in steam condensers, and the like.
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath