12-letter words containing o, n, g, u, a
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- guangzhouwan — a former French-leased territory (1898–1945) on the SW coast of Guangdong province, in S China. About 190 sq. mi. (490 sq. km).
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.