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13-letter words containing g, r, o, s, i, n

  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
  • sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • spurious wing — alula (def 1).
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • starring role — a main role; the main role
  • starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
  • stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • swinging door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
  • synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
  • thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
  • thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • trainspotting — hobby: observing trains
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
  • trout fishing — angling to catch trout
  • tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
  • unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
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