12-letter words containing u, t, g, a
- gesticulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gesticulate.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glass cutter — a tool for cutting glass.
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- grass cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- grass-cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- great laurel — a tall shrub, Rhododendron maximum, of eastern North America, having rose-pink flowers.
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gustavus iii — 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).