13-letter words containing l, i, e, g, s
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
- tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- undisguisedly — in an undisguised manner
- ungainsayable — irrefutable
- unresistingly — in an unresisting or unopposing manner
- unsightliness — distasteful or unpleasant to look at: an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder.
- unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vexillologist — the study of flags.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- well dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
- well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
- well-dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.