12-letter words containing s, a, n, g, r
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- enlargements — Plural form of enlargement.
- estrangement — The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- extra-strong — stronger than average; very strong
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- fragrantness — the quality of being fragrant
- fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- fricasseeing — Present participle of fricassee.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- gamal nasser — Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- ganges river — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- garden snail — Zoology
- garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
- garnisheeing — Present participle of garnishee.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.