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12-letter words containing r, e, g, s, i, o

  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • register ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • registration — the act of registering.
  • religionless — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • rolling news — current affairs: continuous
  • rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
  • running shoe — trainer, sneaker
  • sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sporogenesis — the production of spores; sporogony.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
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