13-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- inquiry agent — a private detective
- instrumenting — Present participle of instrument.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intergranular — located or occurring between granules or grains: intergranular corrosion.
- interlanguage — a language created or used for international communication.
- interreligous — Between religions.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
- irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
- irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- letter ruling — a written ruling sent by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in response to a query concerning the application of the tax laws to a specific situation.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- mackerel gull — tern1 .
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- marine league — a unit of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km).
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.