13-letter words containing r, i, l, n, g
- boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
- bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- ceiling price — the top price
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
- chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- circularizing — Present participle of circularize.
- circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
- circumvolving — Present participle of circumvolve.
- claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
- claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearing-line — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.