13-letter words containing i, n, g, u, r
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- straighten up — stand straighter
- 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-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supreme being — God.
- surfing music — rock-'n'-roll music from California in the early 1960s, characterized by close treble harmonies and with lyrics emphasizing the exhilaration of surfing and beach life.
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thoroughgoing — doing things thoroughly.
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- triangularity — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
- triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- tung-oil tree — tung tree.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
- turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- uncontrolling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- under-meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- undercarriage — the supporting framework underneath a vehicle, as an automobile or trailer; the structure to which the wheels, tracks, or the like are attached or fitted.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance