13-letter words containing i, n, g, e, r, a
- 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
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- 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
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- enthrallingly — In an enthralling way.
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- erin go bragh — Ireland forever
- etherealizing — Present participle of etherealize.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- exterminating — Present participle of exterminate.
- externalising — Present participle of externalise.
- externalizing — Present participle of externalize.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.