13-letter words containing n, a, g, r
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- brown bagging — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown-bagging — the practice of eating one's lunch or drinking a bottle of alcohol from a brown bag
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- bus mastering — bus master
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- card-carrying — A card-carrying member of a particular group or political party is an official member of that group or party, rather than someone who supports it.
- cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
- cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
- carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cascade range — a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
- casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- central angle — an angle whose vertex is at the centre of a circle
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)