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13-letter words containing e, y, i, n, g

  • peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
  • perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
  • psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
  • questioningly — In a questioning manner.
  • quinquagenary — a 50th anniversary.
  • relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
  • siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
  • single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
  • single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
  • synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
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