12-letter words containing i, c, n, g, s
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sand casting — Sand casting is a process in which a molten metal is poured into a mold made from sand.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- 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.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scat singing — singing in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song, and tries to sound and phrase like a musical instrument.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scavengering — scavenging
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- school night — any night of the week that precedes a day of school
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.