12-letter words containing n, e, o, g, r
- in danger of — liable to
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incongruence — not congruent.
- incongruency — Incongruence.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- intercollege — intercollegiate.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interjoining — Present participle of interjoin.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- interrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- interrogatee — Someone who undergoes an interrogation.
- interrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interrogate.
- interrogator — a person who interrogates.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- introjecting — Present participle of introject.
- introverting — a shy person.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- ironmonger's — a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold
- jaffa orange — a sweet, almost seedless variety of orange grown principally in Israel.
- jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- keeping room — hall (def 11).
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.