12-letter words containing g, u, r
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- 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.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- 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.
- factor group — quotient group.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.
- 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.
- fluorography — photofluorography.
- 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.
- foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- 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
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- 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 thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.