12-letter words containing go
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pogonophoran — any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom.
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- rod from god — a weapon, currently in the development stage, that consists of a metal cylinder that is fired from an orbiting spacecraft at a target on earth. The cylinder is calculated to reach speeds in excess of 7000 mph, hitting its target with the power of a small atomic weapon
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- snollygoster — a clever, unscrupulous person.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.