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

  • unstabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
  • unstimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
  • ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
  • vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
  • 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.
  • vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
  • 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
  • villagization — the transfer of land to village control.
  • virginia plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
  • virginia rail — a long-billed American rail, Rallus limicola, having blackish and reddish-brown plumage.
  • virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
  • volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
  • volsunga saga — an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of the cursed treasure of Andvari, the adventures of Sigurd, his wooing of Brynhild, his enchantment and marriage to Gudrun, and his eventual murder.
  • vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
  • wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
  • wall painting — mural painting executed by any of various techniques, as encaustic, tempera, fresco, or oil paint on canvas, often as an enhancement of the architecture of which the recipient wall is a part.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
  • warning light — a light that indicates danger
  • water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
  • 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.
  • weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
  • welcome wagon — a welcoming service that provides information about a community to new residents
  • well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
  • well arranged — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
  • well-arranged — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • wool classing — the grading and grouping together of similar types of wool
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • writing table — a table designed or used for writing at
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
  • zone-leaching — A horizon.
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