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

  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
  • magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
  • managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
  • marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
  • martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
  • memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
  • metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • opera glasses — small binoculars
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • originalities — Plural form of originality.
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
  • overlay glass — case glass.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • press gallery — a press section, especially in a legislative chamber.
  • pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
  • progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
  • raglan sleeve — a sleeve that begins at the neck and has a long, slanting seam line from the neck to the armhole, giving the garment a relatively undefined shoulder.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • regardless of — in spite of
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • release agent — chemical lubricant
  • resting place — grave
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
  • sales manager — leader of a sales team
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
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