12-letter words containing s, t, e, l, g, r
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
- generalities — Plural form of generality.
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- 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.
- glass cutter — a tool for cutting glass.
- 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.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- 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 stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- 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.
- greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- integralness — Integrality.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlinings — Plural form of interlining.
- intermingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermingle.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- meterologist — Misspelling of meteorologist.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.