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

  • nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
  • outgeneraling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
  • over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
  • pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • plural voting — right to vote more than once
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
  • print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
  • prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
  • pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
  • questioningly — In a questioning manner.
  • quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
  • re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • regurgitation — the act of regurgitating.
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • rouge et noir — a gambling game using cards, played at a table marked with two red and two black diamond-shaped spots on which the players place their stakes.
  • roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
  • ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
  • rumelgumption — commonsense
  • rumlegumption — commonsense
  • running costs — The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent.
  • running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
  • running total — a running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
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