11-letter words containing g, r, a, n, i
- rex begonia — a plant, Begonia rex, native to India, having wrinkled, variegated leaves and thick, hairy stems, and cultivated in many varieties.
- rh negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
- ridesharing — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
- riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
- riding sail — a triangular sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel, especially a fishing vessel, to head it into the wind; trysail.
- rifle range — a firing range for practice with rifles.
- right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
- right brain — the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain, which includes areas associated with abstraction, artistic ability, and emotional response
- ring a bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- ring bearer — wedding attendant who carries ring
- ring galaxy — a galaxy having the shape of an elliptical ring: thought to be the result of a collision of two galaxies.
- ring magnet — a ring-shaped permanent magnet.
- ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
- ring-a-ding — wildly exciting
- ring-tailed — having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.
- ringed seal — an Arctic seal, Phoca hispida, having irregular, pale, ring-shaped markings around its body.
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- rip-roaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
- rising star — up-and-coming performer
- risk-taking — courting danger or loss
- road racing — a competitive event of racing in automobiles, motorcycles, or bicycles over public roads or a twisting course simulating a public road, as opposed to a closed, banked track or a drag strip.
- roadholding — A vehicle's roadholding is how easy it is to control safely in difficult driving conditions or when going round bends.
- rod bearing — a bearing in the metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motion
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- royal icing — a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes
- running gag — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- sagittarian — a person born under Sagittarius, the ninth sign of the zodiac; a Sagittarius.
- san gabriel — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- segregation — 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.
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seigniorage — something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative.
- seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- sigillarian — resembling the fossilized, tree-like plants of the genus Sigillaria
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- singles bar — a bar or tavern catering to a clientele composed chiefly of single men and women, especially those seeking a lover or spouse.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- singularism — any philosophy that explains phenomena from a single principle