12-letter words containing eg
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- porto alegre — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
- pregenerated — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- pregnenolone — a steroid precursor to steroid hormones
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- queen regent — a queen who reigns in behalf of another.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- redintegrate — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- regenerately — in a regenerate manner
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- register set — All a processor's registers. The size and arrangement of a processor's register set is one of the crucial factors in its performance.
- register ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- regrettingly — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- 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.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- self-neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.