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13-letter words containing o, u, t, i, n, g

  • 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
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • deglutination — to extract the gluten from.
  • degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
  • discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
  • discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
  • disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
  • electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
  • ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
  • fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • giant sequoia — big tree.
  • glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
  • honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
  • house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
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