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

  • vaginal cream — A vaginal cream is cream for treating vaginal infections, applied with a special applicator.
  • vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
  • valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
  • vcc filtering — (electronics)   A technique for reducing the amount of Radio Frequency Interference spread via power supply connections. VCC is a common name for the non-ground power supply line in circuits based on bipolar transistors. When part of a circuit generates lots of radio-frequency noise, that portion of the power plane can be isolated from the rest of the circuit and power delivered to it via a low pass filter, usually a PI filter, as shown in the diagram below.
  • venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
  • vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
  • vicar general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
  • vicar-general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
  • village green — park or common in a village
  • virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
  • volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
  • weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
  • weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • well dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well engineer — A well engineer is a qualified person who carries out the design, construction, and maintenance of oil and gas wells.
  • well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
  • well-dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
  • winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
  • wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • writing table — a table designed or used for writing at
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
  • zone-leaching — A horizon.
  • zuppa inglese — tiered layers of sponge cake sprinkled with rum or liqueur, then spread with custard or other cream filling.
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