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12-letter words containing o, r, e, g, n, t

  • ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • etonogestrel — a progestogen used as a male contraceptive, released from two tiny rods placed under the skin
  • eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
  • exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
  • export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
  • extra-strong — stronger than average; very strong
  • floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
  • forest green — Lincoln green.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • foretokening — Indication in advance.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
  • freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
  • freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
  • frighten off — scare away
  • galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
  • galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
  • gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
  • gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
  • generation o — the youthful voters who supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election
  • generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
  • generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
  • generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
  • generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • generosities — Plural form of generosity.
  • gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
  • geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • germinations — Plural form of germination.
  • gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
  • gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
  • gerontologic — relating to gerontology
  • gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
  • gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
  • get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
  • get religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • get round to — find time
  • ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
  • giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • 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.
  • give rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
  • glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
  • go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
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