12-letter words containing i, g, u, a
- paying guest — lodger
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- planing hull — a hull that tends to rise from the water when under way so that no significant amount of water is displaced beyond a certain speed.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propugnation — defence
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quasilogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- 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.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- 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.
- regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.