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13-letter words containing l, a, g, r

  • sugar of milk — lactose.
  • superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • 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
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • texas leaguer — a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tilting train — A tilting train is a type of train that can travel faster than ordinary trains because it tilts when the track curves.
  • to loom large — If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
  • topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
  • trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • 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.
  • trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • typographical — of or relating to typography.
  • 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.
  • ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
  • ultrarightist — ultraright.
  • unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
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