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

  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
  • manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
  • megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
  • mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
  • metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
  • nonglamorous — not glamorous
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • old guardism — political conservatism.
  • oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • oversanguine — too optimistic
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • pass through — an act of passing.
  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • 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.
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
  • pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
  • producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • quartz glass — lechatelierite.
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
  • rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
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