12-letter words containing s, e, r, i, n, g
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- register ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- religionless — 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.
- rent-seeking — the act or process of using one’s assets and resources to increase one’s share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.
- replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- representing — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- retiringness — an awkward shyness
- 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 changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- rising hinge — a gravity hinge causing a door, shutter, etc., to rise slightly when opened.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scavengering — scavenging
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.