12-letter words containing t, g, r, o, u
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propugnation — defence
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- push through — force to accept
- put together — assemble
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- 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.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- 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.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- show-through — the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slip through — be undetected
- sooty grouse — blue grouse.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.