13-letter words containing r, i, g, o, s
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- braggadocious — boastful
- brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- congregations — Plural form of congregation.
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- constringence — inverse of the dispersive power of a medium
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- coralligenous — producing coral
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
- cosmic string — a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.