12-letter words containing l, a, g, u, r
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- 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).
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- quadrangular — having four angles and four sides; having the shape of a quadrangle.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- 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.
- 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.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rugby league — a form of rugby football played between teams of 13 players
- rugby player — a person who plays rugby
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- 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
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- 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
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.