12-letter words containing o, u, a, g
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- 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
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- 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.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kigoma-ujiji — a city composed of two merged towns in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: Stanley found Livingstone in Ujiji 1871.
- 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.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- 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.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- 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.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- 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.
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- 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.