13-letter words containing a, l, e, g, r, i
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superregional — involving many regions
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unplagiarized — to take and use by plagiarism.
- vaginal cream — A vaginal cream is cream for treating vaginal infections, applied with a special applicator.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vicar general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- vicar-general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- village green — park or common in a village
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.