12-letter words containing s, e, l, a
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glass cutter — a tool for cutting glass.
- glassyheaded — smooth; bald
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- glaucescence — the state of having bluish green coloration
- glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- hairlessness — The condition or quality of being hairless.
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.