12-letter words containing s, u, r, o, n
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- generousness — The quality of being generous; generosity.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gloriousness — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gorgeousness — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- 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.
- grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- 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.
- 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.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- groundedness — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- gruesomeness — The characteristic or quality of being gruesome.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
- honorius iii — (Cencio Savelli) died 1227, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1216–27.