12-letter words containing g, e, n, r, o, u
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
- neurosurgeon — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
- neurosurgery — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- noncongruent — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- nonrecurring — not occurring or happening again, especially often or periodically.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonreligious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overgenerous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- 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.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rumor-monger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.