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12-letter words containing a, s, r, i, g

  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
  • 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 surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailboarding — windsurfing.
  • salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • sand springs — a town in NE Oklahoma.
  • sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
  • saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scavengering — scavenging
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • 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
  • service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
  • set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
  • sexagenarian — of the age of 60 years or between 60 and 70 years old.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • 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
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
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