12-letter words containing a, r, n, g, i
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unintegrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unoriginated — not originated
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- unstaggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- vintage year — the year of production of a vintage wine.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virginalling — playing as on the virginal
- virginia ham — a ham from a hog fed on corn and peanuts, cured in hickory smoke.
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- voting paper — a ballot.
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.