12-letter words containing u, t, g, a
- 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.
- regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- 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.
- 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.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sausage meat — minced and processed pork
- sausage tree — a tropical African tree, Kigelia pinnata, having red, bell-shaped flowers and large, sausage-shaped fruits hanging from very long stalks.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- 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.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- 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).
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.