12-letter words containing r, u, n, i, g
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- propugnation — defence
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- ring circuit — an electrical system in which distribution points are connected to the main supply in a continuous closed circuit
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- 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.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- running fire — a rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of soldiers
- running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
- running gear — the working components of a motor-driven or steam-driven vehicle other than those used to develop or transmit power, as wheels, axles or springs, as distinguished from the body.
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- running kick — a kick made (to something or somebody) after running a short distance
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.