13-letter words containing r, e, s, i, l, n
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illiberalness — The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in real terms — You can also talk about the cost or value of something in real terms.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indiscernible — not discernible; that cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible.
- indiscernibly — In a way that cannot be discerned.
- indiscerpible — (obsolete) Not discerpible; inseparable.
- industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- inertial mass — the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
- inexpressable — Not capable of being expressed.
- inexpressible — not expressible; incapable of being uttered or described in words: a scene of inexpressible beauty.
- inexpressibly — not expressible; incapable of being uttered or described in words: a scene of inexpressible beauty.
- inflorescence — a flowering or blossoming.