12-letter words containing t, u, n, g, s
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- 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.
- paying guest — lodger
- penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- 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
- 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.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.