12-letter words containing g, u, i, l, t, n
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- 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
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
- slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- undigestible — indigestible.
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- unsettlingly — in an unsettling or worrying manner
- unstintingly — to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.