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13-letter words containing l, o, n, g, i, s

  • criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
  • cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
  • curling irons — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
  • darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
  • disgospelling — depriving of access to the gospel
  • disobligation — the state of being without obligation
  • disobligement — disobligation
  • disobligingly — So as to disoblige.
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
  • entomologists — Plural form of entomologist.
  • ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
  • eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
  • flying colorswith flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
  • foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
  • gala occasion — a festive, social occasion
  • galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
  • galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
  • galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
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