12-letter words containing y, u, n, g, i
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- jury-rigging — the act of setting something up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- mr. nice guy — a typically pleasant, likable person who avoids causing trouble or dissension (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- naughty bits — genitals
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- paying guest — lodger
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
- unblinkingly — not blinking.
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- underlyingly — in an underlying manner
- undesignedly — in an undesigned manner
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner