12-letter words containing n, a, u, g
- 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.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- 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.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- 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.
- running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
- running gear — the working components of a motor-driven or steam-driven vehicle other than those used to develop or transmit power, as wheels, axles or springs, as distinguished from the body.
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- son of a gun — a rogue; rascal; scoundrel: That son of a gun still owes me $20.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur