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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.
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