12-letter words containing g, u, s
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rush through — If you rush something through, you deal with it quickly so that it is ready in a shorter time than usual.
- rust-through — an act or instance of rusting: The body of the car is protected against rust-through.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- sausage meat — minced and processed pork
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
- sausage tree — a tropical African tree, Kigelia pinnata, having red, bell-shaped flowers and large, sausage-shaped fruits hanging from very long stalks.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.