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13-letter words containing i, r, g, a, t, e

  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
  • bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
  • baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • beige toaster — Macintosh
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • birectangular — having two right angles.
  • bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • breathe again — to feel relief
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
  • bristle-grass — any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
  • canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
  • carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
  • cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
  • categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • cigar lighter — a small, portable implement containing fuel which produces a flame with which to light a cigarette
  • cigarette ash — the ash created by smoking a cigarette
  • cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
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