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12-letter words containing s, g, i, a

  • swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synergically — in a synergic manner
  • syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
  • 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.
  • take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • 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.
  • tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
  • tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • that's right — that is correct
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • traffic sign — notice to vehicles
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transgenesis — the transfer of human genes into animals or cultured cells, especially to produce molecules with therapeutic value.
  • transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transvaginal — through or via the vagina
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
  • turn against — become hostile to
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
  • unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
  • unassignable — not able to be transferred
  • unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
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