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12-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l

  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • religionless — 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.
  • replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
  • risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
  • rolling news — current affairs: continuous
  • sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailboarding — windsurfing.
  • salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • 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.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
  • scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • 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
  • 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.
  • shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • 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
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
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