13-letter words containing g, r, i
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- early warning — An early warning system warns people that something bad is likely to happen, for example that a machine is about to stop working, or that a country is being attacked.
- early-evening — taking place or being presented in the early part of the evening
- early-morning — taking place or being presented in the early part of the morning
- earning power — business: ability to profit
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- egocentricity — The quality of being egocentric.
- egregiousness — The quality of being egregious.
- eighth-grader — someone who is in the eighth grade at school
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
- endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- energy crisis — a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- energy-giving — containing ingredients designed to boost the eater's or drinker's energy, esp before, during, or after exercise
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- engine driver — sb who drives a train
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- enthrallingly — In an enthralling way.
- epigrammatism — The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
- epigrammatist — Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings).
- epigrammatize — (transitive) To represent or express by epigrams.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- ergotoxicosis — Ergotism.
- erin go bragh — Ireland forever
- eternity ring — a ring given as a token of lasting affection, esp one set all around with stones to symbolize continuity
- etherealizing — Present participle of etherealize.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.