13-letter words containing r, i, n, g, l
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- resting place — grave
- return flight — a flight going back
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- ring topology — ring network
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
- rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
- rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- rote learning — memorization by repetition
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.