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.