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13-letter words containing r, i, n, g, c

  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • surfing music — rock-'n'-roll music from California in the early 1960s, characterized by close treble harmonies and with lyrics emphasizing the exhilaration of surfing and beach life.
  • swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
  • synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
  • tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • training camp — A training camp for soldiers or sports players is an organized period of training at a particular place.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
  • trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
  • tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
  • ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
  • uncontrolling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • 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
  • understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
  • unencouraging — not encouraging; discouraging
  • unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • ungrammatical — grammatically incorrect or awkward; not conforming to the rules or principles of grammar or accepted usage: an ungrammatical sentence.
  • unrecognizing — not recognizing; unaware; unknowing
  • unreconciling — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
  • vaginal cream — A vaginal cream is cream for treating vaginal infections, applied with a special applicator.
  • vcc filtering — (electronics)   A technique for reducing the amount of Radio Frequency Interference spread via power supply connections. VCC is a common name for the non-ground power supply line in circuits based on bipolar transistors. When part of a circuit generates lots of radio-frequency noise, that portion of the power plane can be isolated from the rest of the circuit and power delivered to it via a low pass filter, usually a PI filter, as shown in the diagram below.
  • vercingetorix — died 45? b.c, Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.
  • vicar general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
  • vicar-general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
  • virginia city — a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.
  • virginiamycin — any of various antibacterial substances derived from the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used in antibiotics and in animal feed as a growth stimulant.
  • virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
  • visiting card — calling card (def 1).
  • wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
  • waygoing crop — away-going crop.
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