12-letter words containing g, u, n, r, i
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- free running — Free running is the activity of running through areas in a town, using skilful movements to jump over walls and other objects.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gloriousness — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.