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

  • anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • anthrozoology — The study of the interactions between humans and animals.
  • anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
  • anti-burglary — the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.
  • antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
  • antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
  • antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
  • antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
  • archaelogical — Nonstandard spelling of archaeological.
  • archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
  • archaeologist — a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
  • archaezoology — the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
  • archeological — of or relating to archaeology.
  • archeologists — archaeology.
  • archipelagoes — Plural form of archipelago.
  • arcticologist — a person who specializes in arcticology.
  • argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
  • arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
  • armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
  • arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
  • aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
  • aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
  • assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
  • autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
  • bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
  • bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
  • balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
  • ball and ring — a simplified bead-and-reel turning, used especially in English and American furniture of the 17th century.
  • bar-and-grill — a place where food and alcoholic drinks are served to customers; a combined barroom and grillroom.
  • barnyard golf — Informal: Facetious. the game of horseshoes.
  • barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • beggar's-lice — any of several plants, esp the stickseed, having small prickly fruits that adhere to clothing, fur, etc
  • beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
  • bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
  • bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
  • big gray wall — (jargon)   What faces a VMS user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multi-vendor networking, and programming tools. Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with grey binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange and under version 3 they were blue. Often contracted to "Gray Wall".
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
  • birectangular — having two right angles.
  • birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
  • birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
  • black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
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