12-letter words containing u, n, a, r, o, g
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- 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.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- 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.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- narrow gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- 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
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).