12-letter words containing r, o, g, u, i, s
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- slip through — be undetected
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- 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.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- sub-religion — 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.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- unforeseeing — not foreseeing
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unnourishing — not providing nourishment
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- unsupporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.