12-letter words containing g, u, t, a
- autoallogamy — the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autoignition — Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
- battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
- bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- caster sugar — Caster sugar is white sugar that has been ground into fine grains. It is used in cooking.
- castor sugar — finely ground or powdered sugar.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product