12-letter words containing o, u, a, g
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
- barge course — the overhang of the gable end of a roof
- battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- border guard — a guard stationed on a border between countries
- borough hall — a building housing the administrative offices of a borough.
- bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burglarproof — safeguarded or secure against burglary.
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- castor sugar — finely ground or powdered sugar.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives