12-letter words containing a, l, i, g
- rallying cry — A rallying cry or rallying call is something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act in support of a particular group or idea.
- ranging pole — a pole for marking positions in surveying
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
- relitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- rolling plan — a plan which is designed to continue over a period of time and is subject to regular review and updating
- rolling road — A rolling road is a piece of machinery on which the wheels of a vehicle can ride in order to test how well the vehicle works under road conditions that are created artificially.
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
- salpiglossis — any solanaceous plant of the Chilean genus Salpiglossis, some species of which are cultivated for their bright funnel-shaped flowers
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scatological — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.