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

  • shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
  • shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
  • short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
  • 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.
  • spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • square-rigged — having square sails as the principal sails.
  • steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trend-setting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
  • trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
  • triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
  • under-meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
  • undercarriage — the supporting framework underneath a vehicle, as an automobile or trailer; the structure to which the wheels, tracks, or the like are attached or fitted.
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance
  • underdrainage — drainage of agricultural lands and removal of excess water and of alkali by drains buried beneath the surface.
  • underpainting — the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas in which the major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.
  • underpinnings — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
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