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12-letter words containing r, e, a, l, g

  • steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
  • superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • synergically — in a synergic manner
  • target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • telergically — in a telergic manner
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • tiger lizard — either of two lacertid lizards, Nucras intertexta and N. tessellata, of southern Africa, having a gray or brown body marked with black spots and bars.
  • tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • travel agent — a person who owns, operates, or works for a travel agency.
  • travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
  • trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
  • tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • underlapping — to extend partly under.
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unglamorized — not glamorized
  • ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
  • ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
  • unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
  • untargetable — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
  • unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
  • unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
  • urban legend — a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?
  • urinogenital — genitourinary.
  • valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
  • valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
  • vasoligature — vasoligation.
  • vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
  • virgin metal — primary metal.
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