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13-letter words containing r, e, g, s, i

  • progressivism — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • raising agent — in baking, a substance added to dough to make it rise
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
  • reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
  • reassignation — an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
  • receiving set — a radio receiver.
  • reconsignment — a consigning again.
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
  • 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.
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • register mark — any of several marks incorporated onto printing plates to assist in the accurate positioning of images during printing
  • reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
  • reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • reprographics — reprography.
  • resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • resting place — grave
  • restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
  • retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
  • retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
  • retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
  • retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
  • reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • ring exercise — any sequence of gymnastic movements carried out by a gymnast holding two rings suspended from the ceiling
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
  • rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
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