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13-letter words containing e, n, t, r, i, g

  • orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • outgeneraling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
  • over-exerting — to exert excessively.
  • over-standing — overreach (def 13).
  • over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • overbreathing — hyperventilation
  • overenergetic — excessively energetic
  • overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
  • overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
  • overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
  • packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
  • peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
  • perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
  • pertaining to — having to do with
  • petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
  • port engineer — a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.
  • posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
  • pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
  • precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
  • price cutting — the act or practice of cutting prices
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
  • primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
  • prince regent — a prince who is regent of a country.
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