12-letter words containing s, g, r
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- 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.
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- 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
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- restrengthen — to strengthen again or return to strength
- retiringness — an awkward shyness
- reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
- 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
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- 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 pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- 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.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rush through — If you rush something through, you deal with it quickly so that it is ready in a shorter time than usual.
- rust-through — an act or instance of rusting: The body of the car is protected against rust-through.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- 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