12-letter words containing l, u, g, e
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- 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.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- 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.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.
- rugby league — a form of rugby football played between teams of 13 players
- rugby player — a person who plays rugby
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- ruling elder — an elder in a Presbyterian church.
- 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.
- 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.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.