13-letter words containing a, n, g, s, t
- bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- 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 pass — to cause to happen
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bus mastering — bus master
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- capital gains — Capital gains are the profits that you make when you buy something and then sell it again at a higher price.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- congregations — Plural form of congregation.
- conjugateness — The quality of being conjugate.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- contents page — the page in a book that shows the table of contents
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- count against — If something counts against you, it may cause you to be rejected or punished, or cause people to have a lower opinion of you.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.