13-letter words containing g, e, n, t, i, c
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- quick-setting — setting quickly, as a cement, paint, or gelatin.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- receiving set — a radio receiver.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- reconnoitring — the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
- reconsignment — a consigning again.
- redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- resting place — grave
- restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scan register — (electronics, testing) A digital logic circuit which can act either as a flip-flop or as a serial shift register and which is used to form a scan path for testing. The most common design is a multiplexed flip-flop: The other common design is level-sensitive scan design (LSSD).
- schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- 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.
- screen rights — the rights to make a film version of a book
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- section eight — a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- significative — serving to signify.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single ticket — a one-way ticket.
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- stinging-cell — a nematocyst.