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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • town planning — city planning.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • triangularity — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
  • triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
  • 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.
  • tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
  • 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.
  • unambiguously — plainly, clearly
  • unapologizing — not apologetic; not willing to apologize or to make an apology
  • unappealingly — in an unappealing manner
  • unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
  • unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • uncalculating — not calculating or scheming; guileless
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • unchallenging — not challenging or difficult; not providing a challenge; easy
  • uncomplaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
  • undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • unevangelical — not religiously orthodox; not in accordance with the Christian gospel
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