12-letter words containing g, u, s, t
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- super-urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- 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.
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- tempus fugit — time flies
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- through bass — figured bass.
- through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
- thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- treasury tag — a short piece of cord having metal ends one of which can be slotted inside the other: used for holding papers together or fastening them into a file
- tree surgery — the repair of damaged trees, as by the removal of diseased parts, filling of cavities, and prevention of further decay, and by strengthening branches with braces.
- trismegistus — Hermes Trismegistus.
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turn against — become hostile to
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unconsenting — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- undigestible — indigestible.
- undisturbing — not disturbing
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- ungentleness — the condition of being ungentle
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- uninstigated — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unregistered — recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- unsatisfying — lacking in sth
- unsegregated — not segregated, especially not subject to racial division; integrated: an unsegregated community.
- unsettlingly — in an unsettling or worrying manner
- unstaggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- unstintingly — to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.