12-letter words containing a, g, e, r, s
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
- salary range — pay scale
- sales ledger — record of business accounts
- sales target — a fixed amount of sales that a person or organization wants to achieve
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sargasso sea — a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
- sausage tree — a tropical African tree, Kigelia pinnata, having red, bell-shaped flowers and large, sausage-shaped fruits hanging from very long stalks.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scarlet sage — a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.
- scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scavengering — scavenging