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12-letter words containing u, n, a, r, i

  • renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
  • restauration — restoration
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
  • ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
  • running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
  • running gear — the working components of a motor-driven or steam-driven vehicle other than those used to develop or transmit power, as wheels, axles or springs, as distinguished from the body.
  • running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
  • running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
  • running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
  • ruralization — to make rural.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
  • russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
  • russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • 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.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
  • sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
  • square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
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