12-letter words containing g, l, o, r, i, a
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- rolling plan — a plan which is designed to continue over a period of time and is subject to regular review and updating
- rolling road — A rolling road is a piece of machinery on which the wheels of a vehicle can ride in order to test how well the vehicle works under road conditions that are created artificially.
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- 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.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- 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.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.