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13-letter words containing a, g, e, n, s, i

  • ensanguinated — stained with blood
  • ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
  • evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
  • everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
  • exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
  • externalising — Present participle of externalise.
  • extinguishant — a substance, such as a liquid, foam, powder, etc, used in extinguishing fires
  • extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
  • finagle's law — (humour)   The generalised or "folk" version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will". One variant favoured among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends toward a maximum". The label "Finagle's Law" was popularised by SF author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this "Belter" culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.
  • fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
  • fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
  • galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
  • galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
  • gametogenesis — the development of gametes.
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
  • gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
  • generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
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