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15-letter words containing r, i, n, g, l

  • bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
  • brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
  • building permit — a permit for construction work
  • building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
  • building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
  • california gull — a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.
  • call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
  • call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
  • capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
  • child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
  • child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
  • circumvallating — Present participle of circumvallate.
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
  • commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • configurability — The property of being configurable.
  • configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • consulting room — A doctor's or therapist's consulting room is the room in which they see their patients.
  • continuity girl — a woman or man whose job is to ensure continuity and consistency, esp in matters of dress, make-up, etc, in successive shots of a film, esp when these shots are filmed on different days
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • converging lens — a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.
  • cooling process — the process of becoming cooler
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
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