11-letter words containing g, u, a
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- rat-running — the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads
- re-argument — the process or act of rearguing a legal case, issue, etc
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- rear gunner — a soldier on a military aircraft who defends it against enemy attack from behind
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
- red gurnard — a fish, Aspitrigla Cuculus, characterised by fast growth and early sexual maturity at a relatively large size. Red gurnard is one of the smallest European gurnards, with a potential length of 40 cm and weight of about 900g: family Triglidae
- regular lay — a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.
- regurgitant — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
- regurgitate — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- round angle — perigon.
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
- rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- running gag — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- sage grouse — a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
- sagittarius — zodiac sign: Archer
- salsuginous — full of salt or able to grow in salty soil
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
- sign manual — a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.