12-letter words containing g, u, s
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- subaggregate — a subtotal
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- 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 glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane 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
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- super-urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- 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.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supersurgeon — a highly skilled surgeon
- 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.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- 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