12-letter words containing a, s, g
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- safe passage — journey completed without danger
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- 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.