12-letter words containing g, o, a, r, u
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burglarproof — safeguarded or secure against burglary.
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- castor sugar — finely ground or powdered sugar.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product
- congratulant — expressing congratulation
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
- counterargue — to argue against something
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.