12-letter words containing g, u, t
- 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 eight — figure eight.
- 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
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fugitiveness — The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- 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
- gentilitious — relating to a gens
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gesticulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gesticulate.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- get in touch — make contact
- get round to — find time
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- get the hump — If someone gets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.