13-letter words containing g, r, i, s, t, o
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- idiot strings — strings attached to children's mittens to prevent the wearer from losing them
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- intercrossing — Present participle of intercross.
- interreligous — Between religions.
- interrogators — Plural form of interrogator.
- introgressant — an individual resulting from introgression
- introgression — the introduction of genes from one species into the gene pool of another species, occurring when matings between the two produce fertile hybrids.
- introgressive — Producing introgression.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- irreligionist — One who is irreligious.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- malariologist — An expert in malaria.
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misconstruing — Present participle of misconstrue.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.