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12-letter words containing i, t, s, a, g

  • generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
  • generatrices — Plural form of generatrix.
  • geomagnetism — the earth's magnetic field and associated phenomena.
  • geomagnetist — someone who studies, or is an expert in, geomagnetism
  • geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
  • german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
  • germinations — Plural form of germination.
  • 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.
  • giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
  • gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
  • glaciologist — glacialist.
  • glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
  • glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
  • glass string — (in Malaysia) the string of a kite used in kite fighting that has an abrasive coating of glue and crushed glass
  • glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
  • glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
  • glossolalist — One who exhibits glossolalia; one who speaks in tongues.
  • go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
  • gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • grammaticise — to make grammatical
  • grammaticism — a point or principle of grammar.
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
  • granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
  • granulations — Plural form of granulation.
  • graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • gratulations — a feeling of joy.
  • graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
  • great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
  • groin strain — damage to the groin area caused by overexertion, esp suffered by a sports player
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
  • guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
  • guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
  • gustavus iii — 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.
  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
  • hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
  • hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
  • hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
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