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12-letter words containing r, e, d, g, u, n

  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • 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.
  • running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
  • stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
  • stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unaggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • under-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
  • under-manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • underbearing — unassuming
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
  • undercutting — to cut under or beneath.
  • underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
  • underfeeding — an instance of or period of being underfed
  • underfunding — insufficient funding
  • undergarment — an article of underwear.
  • undergirding — to strengthen; secure, as by passing a rope or chain under and around: to undergird a top-heavy load.
  • underkingdom — the domain of an underking
  • underlapping — to extend partly under.
  • underlyingly — in an underlying manner
  • undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
  • undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • underpinning — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
  • underpricing — the state of being priced at too low a level or amount
  • underrunning — to run, pass, or go under.
  • underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • underserving — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
  • undersigneds — being the one or ones whose signature appears at the end of a letter or document: All of the undersigned persons are bound by the contract.
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
  • underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
  • underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
  • underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
  • undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
  • undiscerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
  • unendangered — not endangered
  • unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
  • unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
  • unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
  • unfrightened — not frightened
  • ungentrified — not gentrified; not middle class
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