13-letter words containing r, i, n, g, l
- spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- spiral spring — a form of spring consisting of a wire coiled in a helix.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- superregional — involving many regions
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- tilting train — A tilting train is a type of train that can travel faster than ordinary trains because it tilts when the track curves.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- triangularity — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
- triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.