11-letter words containing r, u, g, o
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- put through — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- 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.
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- 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.
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- 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 draft — writing: unfinished version
- 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 music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- roughing-in — the act or process of applying a base coat of plaster to a masonry surface.
- round angle — perigon.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
- rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- rumgumption — good sense
- 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.
- run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run-through — the performing of a sequence of designated actions, especially as a trial prior to actual performance; rehearsal; practice.
- running dog — Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.
- 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.