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12-letter words containing g, e, n, i, u

  • running shoe — trainer, sneaker
  • running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
  • running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • schizogenous — schizogenetic.
  • setting rule — a metal strip used in the hand-setting of type in a composing stick to separate the line being set from the previous one
  • sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • single-issue — pertaining or devoted to one public issue only, especially a political one: single-issue voters.
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
  • sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
  • stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
  • suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
  • sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
  • supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
  • to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
  • tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
  • turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • unappetizing — appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory.
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