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

  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • bread pudding — a rich cake made with bread soaked in milk, eggs, dried fruit and spices and baked, usually eaten cold
  • bread-winning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
  • break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
  • break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
  • breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
  • breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
  • breathe again — to feel relief
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • breeding pair — a male and female animal that produce offspring together
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
  • buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
  • canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
  • carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
  • carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
  • cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
  • cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
  • clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
  • clearing-line — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
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