12-letter words containing s, g, i, a
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- 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.
- groin strain — damage to the groin area caused by overexertion, esp suffered by a sports player
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- gross margin — the difference between total revenue and the cost of goods sold
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
- guinea grass — a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- gustavus iii — 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- hagia sophia — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hair-raising — terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble