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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
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