12-letter words containing t, o, r, s, l
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frost hollow — a depression in a hilly area in which cold air collects, becoming very cold at night
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gastrologist — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of the stomach.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- 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.
- 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.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- 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.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- 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.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
- heteroclites — Plural form of heteroclite.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.