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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
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