13-letter words containing i, c, o, n, g, r
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organoarsenic — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond.
- organogenetic — Relating to organogenesis.
- organosilicon — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing silicon, especially where attached directly to a carbon atom.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overenergetic — excessively energetic
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prince george — a city in central British Columbia, in W Canada.
- prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconnoitring — the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
- reconsignment — a consigning again.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
- rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.