13-letter words containing e, r, g
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
- irreligionist — One who is irreligious.
- irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
- irving berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- it governance — information technology governance
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- joint manager — sb who shares authority and responsibility for sth
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- killing spree — a series of murders that are committed
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- klipspringers — Plural form of klipspringer.
- knife grinder — tool
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- kriss kringle — Santa Claus.
- kyrgyz steppe — a vast steppe region in central Kazakhstan
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laramie range — a mountain range in N Colorado and SE Wyoming. Highest peak, Laramie Peak, 9020 feet (2749 meters).
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- large-hearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.