12-letter words containing g, u, t, a
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- exsanguinate — (transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
- factor group — quotient group.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- gargantuanly — In an gargantuan manner.
- gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- geniculating — Present participle of geniculate.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.