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13-letter words containing e, g, p

  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
  • v-type engine — an engine having the cylinders aligned in two banks at an angle to each other, forming a V .
  • vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
  • valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
  • vantage point — a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.
  • virginia pine — a pine tree, Pinus virginiana, of the eastern U.S., that grows in poor soil and has needles in groups of two.
  • volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
  • wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
  • warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
  • water parting — a watershed or divide.
  • watering spot — watering hole
  • waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
  • wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
  • women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
  • writing paper — paper on which to write.
  • zip fastening — a fastener in the form of a zip
  • zoogeographer — A person involved in zoogeography.
  • zoogeographic — Pertaining to zoogeography.
  • zuppa inglese — tiered layers of sponge cake sprinkled with rum or liqueur, then spread with custard or other cream filling.
  • zygapophyseal — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
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