12-letter words containing g, u, n, i, t
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paying guest — lodger
- penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propugnation — defence
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- 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.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- ring circuit — an electrical system in which distribution points are connected to the main supply in a continuous closed circuit
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
- running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)