13-letter words containing i, n, g, u, r
- underdrainage — drainage of agricultural lands and removal of excess water and of alkali by drains buried beneath the surface.
- underpainting — the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas in which the major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.
- underpinnings — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underspending — the process or fact of spending less than one can afford or is allocated
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unencouraging — not encouraging; discouraging
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- ungrammatical — grammatically incorrect or awkward; not conforming to the rules or principles of grammar or accepted usage: an ungrammatical sentence.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- uninaugurated — not having been placed in office formally and ceremonially
- uninteresting — engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- unmurmuringly — without a murmur or complaint
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unoriginality — the quality or state of being original.
- unplagiarized — to take and use by plagiarism.
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- unprovokingly — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- unrecognizing — not recognizing; unaware; unknowing
- unreconciling — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- unremembering — having no recollection or memory
- unremittingly — not slackening or abating; incessant: unremitting noise; unremitting attention.
- unrepentingly — in an unrepenting or impenitent manner
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- unresistingly — in an unresisting or unopposing manner
- unrestingness — the condition of being unresting or unable to rest
- unreturningly — in an unreturning manner
- unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
- unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- untremblingly — not tremblingly; in an untrembling manner; without trembling
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.