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13-letter words containing a, l, n, g

  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • 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.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • starring role — a main role; the main role
  • starting line — marking at beginning of a race
  • 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
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • swimming gala — a competitive event featuring swimming races
  • synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
  • 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
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • tantalizingly — having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach: a tantalizing taste of success.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
  • telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
  • tilting train — A tilting train is a type of train that can travel faster than ordinary trains because it tilts when the track curves.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
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