13-letter words containing r, i, n, g, c
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- incarcerating — Present participle of incarcerate.
- incongruences — not congruent.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incorporating — to form into a legal corporation.
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- incriminating — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- inorganically — In an inorganic manner.
- intelligencer — a person or thing that conveys information.
- intercalating — Present participle of intercalate.
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- intercropping — Present participle of intercrop.
- intercrossing — Present participle of intercross.
- intergalactic — of, existing, or occurring in the space between galaxies: The science-fiction movie was about an intergalactic war.
- interglacials — Plural form of interglacial.
- intragalactic — existing or occurring within a single galaxy.
- intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irrecognition — lack or absence of recognition
- it governance — information technology governance
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- lincoln green — an olive-green color.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magna graecia — the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).