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13-letter words containing g, r, e

  • arroyo grande — a town in SW California.
  • arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
  • arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
  • arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
  • aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
  • aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
  • aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
  • asses' bridge — pons asinorum
  • assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
  • atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • average speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the distance travelled divided by the time taken
  • awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
  • baby carriage — A baby carriage is a small vehicle in which a baby can lie as it is pushed along.
  • bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
  • back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
  • bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
  • bad godesberg — official name of Godesberg.
  • bag of waters — a fluid-filled membranous sac in the pregnant uterus that encloses and cushions the fetus, normally breaking at or just before the time of birth; the amnion.
  • baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
  • baggagemaster — a person employed, especially by a railroad, bus company, or steamship line, to take charge of passengers' baggage.
  • bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
  • baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
  • band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
  • bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
  • bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
  • bargain price — a low price
  • barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
  • baroque organ — a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the baroque period at the time of J. S. Bach.
  • barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
  • beg to differ — politely disagree
  • beggar's-lice — any of several plants, esp the stickseed, having small prickly fruits that adhere to clothing, fur, etc
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