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12-letter words containing a, n, g, s, t, r

  • newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
  • nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • organisation — the act or process of organizing.
  • originations — Plural form of origination.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
  • paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
  • ponta grossa — a city in S Brazil.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
  • redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
  • registration — the act of registering.
  • restrainings — acts of restraining
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • secret agent — an agent of a secret service.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
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