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12-letter words containing o, u, a, g

  • retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
  • rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
  • road haulage — transport of goods by road
  • rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
  • rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
  • rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
  • sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
  • saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • sarcophagous — carnivorous.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • sausage code — (humour, programming)   Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
  • sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
  • scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • son of a gun — a rogue; rascal; scoundrel: That son of a gun still owes me $20.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • south-facing — facing towards the south
  • sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
  • storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
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