12-letter words that end in ass
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- nested class — (Java) In Java, a class defined within an enclosing class definition. A static nested class has no direct access to the members of its enclosing class whereas a non-static nested class, known as an "inner class", is associated with an instance of the enclosing class and an instance of the inner class has direct access to the members of its enclosing instance.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery-white panicles.
- piece of ass — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pole compass — (formerly) a ship's compass elevated on a wooden pole to isolate it as much as possible from local magnetism.
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- proper class — a class which cannot itself be a member of other classes
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- reduced mass — a quantity obtained when one particle is moving about another, larger particle that is also moving, equivalent to the mass of the smaller particle, were the larger particle not moving, and equal to the quotient of the product of the two masses divided by their sum.
- requiem mass — church service in memory of the dead
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
- silica glass — a very clear, strong glass produced when pure silica is fused at high temperature, used as in optical instruments
- simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
- social class — a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status.
- sparrowgrass — asparagus.
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- through bass — figured bass.
- tits and ass — the presentation of women in titillating costumes or postures, especially as a feature of an entertainment, as a musical revue.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- upright bass — double bass
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- window glass — glass used in windows