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12-letter words containing g, u, a

  • non-granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
  • nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
  • nonconjugate — 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.”.
  • nonglamorous — not glamorous
  • nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
  • notoungulate — one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America.
  • nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
  • oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
  • obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
  • oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
  • old guardism — political conservatism.
  • oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
  • oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
  • ophiophagous — eating snakes.
  • oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
  • orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
  • oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
  • original gum — See o.g (def 1).
  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
  • out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
  • outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
  • outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
  • outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
  • over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
  • overfatigued — excessively fatigued
  • overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
  • oversanguine — too optimistic
  • package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
  • pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
  • panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
  • pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paraguay tea — maté.
  • paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
  • parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
  • paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
  • parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
  • pass through — an act of passing.
  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
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