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11-letter words containing r, e, u, g

  • readthrough — reading (def 1).
  • rear gunner — a soldier on a military aircraft who defends it against enemy attack from behind
  • recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
  • reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
  • recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
  • red gurnard — a fish, Aspitrigla Cuculus, characterised by fast growth and early sexual maturity at a relatively large size. Red gurnard is one of the smallest European gurnards, with a potential length of 40 cm and weight of about 900g: family Triglidae
  • refuctoring — (humour, programming)   Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
  • regular lay — a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.
  • regurgitant — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
  • regurgitate — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
  • relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
  • repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
  • resultingly — as a result.
  • retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
  • revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
  • rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
  • river rouge — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
  • roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
  • rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
  • rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
  • rouge croix — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
  • rough edges — lack of refinement
  • rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
  • rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
  • round angle — perigon.
  • rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
  • rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
  • rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
  • rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
  • rumormonger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
  • sage grouse — a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
  • sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
  • scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
  • scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
  • scatter-gun — a shotgun
  • screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
  • sculduggery — skulduggery.
  • scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
  • see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
  • self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
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