11-letter words containing a, r, g, o
- reprography — the reproduction and duplication of documents, written materials, drawings, designs, etc., by any process making use of light rays or photographic means, including offset printing, microfilming, photography, office duplicating, and the like.
- resignation — the act of resigning.
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- rex begonia — a plant, Begonia rex, native to India, having wrinkled, variegated leaves and thick, hairy stems, and cultivated in many varieties.
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- riomaggiore — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- rip-roaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- road bridge — a bridge for road traffic
- road racing — a competitive event of racing in automobiles, motorcycles, or bicycles over public roads or a twisting course simulating a public road, as opposed to a closed, banked track or a drag strip.
- roadholding — A vehicle's roadholding is how easy it is to control safely in difficult driving conditions or when going round bends.
- rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rod bearing — a bearing in the metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motion
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- roller gate — (on certain dams) a cylindrical gate that rises and falls by rotating against inclined racks.
- roof garden — a garden on the flat roof of a house or other building.
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- rose garden — where roses are grown
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- round angle — perigon.
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- royal gorge — a gorge of the Arkansas River in S central Colorado. 10 miles (16 km) long; up to 1000 feet (305 meters) deep.
- royal icing — a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes
- rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
- rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- sage grouse — a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
- san gennaro — San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scattergood — a spendthrift.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- seigniorage — something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative.
- seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- sense organ — a specialized bodily structure that receives or is sensitive to internal or external stimuli; receptor.
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.