12-letter words containing s, o, n, g, r, a
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- registration — the act of registering.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- 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.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
- solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
- song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.