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12-letter words containing s, u, r, g, e

  • ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
  • lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
  • manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
  • mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
  • messeigneurs — plural of Monseigneur.
  • metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  • microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
  • microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
  • misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • neurogenesis — The growth and development of nervous tissue.
  • neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
  • neurosurgeon — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
  • neurosurgery — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
  • neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
  • nonreligious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
  • nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
  • oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overgenerous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
  • oversanguine — too optimistic
  • pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
  • plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
  • pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
  • pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
  • producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
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