12-letter words containing t, e, n, i, g
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- retiringness — an awkward shyness
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
- right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
- right-minded — having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- ringing tone — phone: sound indicating connection is made
- 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.
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running text — the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.
- running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- 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.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- set designer — theatre, cinema: creator of scenery
- setting rule — a metal strip used in the hand-setting of type in a composing stick to separate the line being set from the previous one
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- side against — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sidestepping — the act of ascending or descending by facing sideways and lifting each ski alternately
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.