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12-letter words containing s, t, a, g, n

  • nematologist — One who studies nematology.
  • net earnings — income after tax
  • neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
  • newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
  • night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
  • nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
  • nonsegmental — Not segmental.
  • nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
  • obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
  • oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • organisation — the act or process of organizing.
  • originations — Plural form of origination.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
  • pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
  • palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
  • panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
  • pantophagist — an omnivore
  • pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
  • paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
  • passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
  • pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • paying guest — lodger
  • pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
  • pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
  • ponta grossa — a city in S Brazil.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
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