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13-letter words containing i, l, e, g

  • etymologizing — Present participle of etymologize.
  • eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
  • evangelically — In an evangelical manner, concerning evangelism.
  • evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
  • evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
  • everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
  • evil-smelling — having an very offensive smell
  • excalibur bug — (humour, programming)   The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
  • excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
  • exobiological — Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • extenuatingly — in an extenuating manner
  • externalising — Present participle of externalise.
  • externalizing — Present participle of externalize.
  • extragalactic — Situated, occurring, or originating outside the Milky Way galaxy.
  • extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
  • faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
  • fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
  • fatigue limit — the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without failing.
  • favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
  • fee-splitting — the practice of dividing a fee for professional services between two professional persons, as between a referring doctor and a specialist, without the knowledge of the client.
  • fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
  • festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
  • field glasses — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
  • field winding — the electrically conducting circuit, usually a number of coils wound on individual poles and connected in series, that produces the magnetic field in a motor or generator.
  • field-glasses — Field-glasses are the same as binoculars.
  • fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
  • figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
  • filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
  • filing system — file system
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • finagle's law — (humour)   The generalised or "folk" version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will". One variant favoured among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends toward a maximum". The label "Finagle's Law" was popularised by SF author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this "Belter" culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.
  • fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
  • fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
  • flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
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