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11-letter words containing g, u, i

  • quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
  • quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
  • quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
  • quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
  • quasi-legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
  • quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
  • questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
  • quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
  • quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
  • quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
  • quintupling — Present participle of quintuple.
  • quislingism — the act of aiding or collaborating with an occupying force
  • quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
  • quiveringly — While quivering, or as if quivering.
  • 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
  • reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
  • refuctoring — (humour, programming)   Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
  • 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.
  • religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
  • resultingly — as a result.
  • revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
  • rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
  • right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
  • ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
  • river rouge — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
  • rouge croix — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
  • rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
  • roughing-in — the act or process of applying a base coat of plaster to a masonry surface.
  • rowing club — rowboat association
  • rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
  • rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
  • rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
  • rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
  • ruling body — authority, group in charge
  • rum-running — the activity of smuggling illicit liquor
  • rumgumption — good sense
  • running dog — Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.
  • running fix — a fix made from a moving vessel or aircraft from observations made at different times, the course and distance run between the observations being considered.
  • 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.
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