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