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12-letter words containing s, e, g, u

  • steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
  • 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).
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
  • stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
  • storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
  • strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
  • stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • sub-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.
  • subaggregate — a subtotal
  • succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
  • suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
  • suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
  • sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
  • sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
  • super-urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
  • supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
  • supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
  • superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
  • supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • supersurgeon — a highly skilled surgeon
  • svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • tempus fugit — time flies
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
  • thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
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