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13-letter words containing g, a, i, n, s

  • plain sailing — Navigation. sailing on waters that are free of hazards or obstructions. Compare plane sailing.
  • plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • 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.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
  • prosopagnosia — an inability to recognize faces
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • 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 )
  • quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • quaking grass — any of several grasses of the genus Briza, having spikelets with slender, drooping stalks.
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • quinquagesima — the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • raising agent — in baking, a substance added to dough to make it rise
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
  • reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
  • reassignation — an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • resting place — grave
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • right as rain — perfectly healthy
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
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