12-letter words containing s, a, l, t, i, g
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- misalignment — improperly aligned.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scatological — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.