14-letter words containing r, i, n, g, t, o
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trading nation — a nation that trades with other countries
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- transmigration — the act of transmigrating.
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus