12-letter words containing ag
- angle of lag — the phase difference, expressed in degrees, by which one sinusoidal function moves behind a second having the same period, as alternating current moving behind the alternating voltage.
- antagonising — Present participle of antagonise.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- antagonizing — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- anthophagous — That feeds on flowers.
- anti-leaguer — a person who opposed the League of Nations or U.S. participation in it.
- antimagnetic — of or constructed of a material that does not acquire permanent magnetism when exposed to a magnetic field
- apagogically — in an apagogical manner
- apple maggot — a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, the larvae of which bore into and feed on the fruit of apple trees: family Trypetidae
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- archipelagic — a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- area manager — a manager of a business, organization, etc who has responsibility for a specific geographical area
- asparaginase — an enzyme used in treating leukaemia
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- average life — the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- back passage — People sometimes refer to their rectum as their back passage.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- baggage hall — a large room at an airport, usually containing a number of carousels, where passengers go to collect their baggage after a flight
- bagworm moth — any moth of the family Psychidae
- bank manager — A bank manager is someone who is in charge of a bank, or a particular branch of a bank, and who is involved in making decisions about whether or not to lend money to businesses and individuals.
- barracks bag — a large bag containing a soldier's personal belongings and equipment
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- batting cage — a screen with three sides and a top, in which batters practice: it keeps missed and fouled pitches within its enclosure
- battle wagon — a battleship.
- battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- beef sausage — a sausage made of beef rather than pork
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biting stage — the second part of the oral phase of psychosexual development, approximately 8 to18 months of age, during which a child has the urge to bite or chew objects.
- black plague — Great Plague.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bagger — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- bush leaguer — Also called busher. Baseball. a player in a minor league. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
- bush-leaguer — (in baseball) someone who plays in a minor league
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- cabbage rose — a rose, Rosa centifolia, with a round compact full-petalled head
- cabbage tree — a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent