12-letter words containing e, g, c, r
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- preemergence — occurring or applied before the emergence of a plant from the soil: preemergence herbicide.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pyrogenicity — the characteristic of causing fever
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
- race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
- re-emergence — the act or process of emerging.
- re-recording — to record (something) another time.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconnecting — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- retrocognate — being or pertaining to memory or extrasensory perception of past events.
- rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk