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

  • giant sequoia — big tree.
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • granite state — New Hampshire (used as a nickname).
  • great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
  • great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
  • greater siren — a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S.
  • gross tonnage — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
  • guesstimating — Present participle of guesstimate.
  • guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
  • gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
  • haematogenous — producing blood
  • hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
  • hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
  • heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  • integral test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the function whose value at each integer is the corresponding term in the series is decreasing, tends to zero, and results in a finite number when integrated from one to infinity.
  • interglacials — Plural form of interglacial.
  • internalising — Present participle of internalise.
  • interrogators — Plural form of interrogator.
  • intransigeant — intransigent
  • intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
  • intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
  • introgressant — an individual resulting from introgression
  • investigating — Present participle of investigate.
  • investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
  • investigative — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • investigators — Plural form of investigator.
  • investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
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