13-letter words containing g, a, i, n, s
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- bus mastering — bus master
- bypass engine — a gas turbine in which a part of the compressor delivery bypasses the combustion zone, flowing directly into or around the main exhaust gas flow to provide additional thrust
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- canning basin — an arid basin in NW Western Australia, largely unexplored. Area: 400 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
- capital gains — Capital gains are the profits that you make when you buy something and then sell it again at a higher price.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
- cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
- casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- class meaning — the meaning of a grammatical category or a form class, common to all forms showing the category or to all members of the form class, as in the meaning of number common to all Latin nouns or the meaning of singular common to all Latin singular noun and verb forms.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
- congregations — Plural form of congregation.
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- coralligenous — producing coral
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.