14-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- antiadrenergic — Preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline.
- antiaggression — opposing aggressive behaviour
- antiallergenic — not causing an allergic reaction
- anticarcinogen — a chemical that acts against cancer
- antienergistic — resisting applied energy
- antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- antigovernment — opposed to government
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- approximeeting — the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances
- arabian nights — Thea collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, Persia, etc.
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops
- arachnological — relating to arachnology
- arc-jet engine — a type of rocket engine using propellant gas heated by an electric arc.
- archgenethliac — the person most proficient at casting horoscopes
- argand diagram — a diagram in which complex numbers are represented by the points in the plane the coordinates of which are respectively the real and imaginary parts of the number, so that the number x + iy is represented by the point (x, y), or by the corresponding vector <x, y>. If the polar coordinates of (x, y) are (r, θ), r is the modulus and θ the argument of x + iy
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
- armour-plating — The armour-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering which is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- arresting gear — any mechanism or device for bringing something to a stop, as an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier.
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- astronavigator — One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
- auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
- babbling brook — a cook
- babbling error — (networking) An Ethernet node attempting to transmit more than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet packet. This is why the Maximum Transmission Unit for IP traffic on Ethernet is 1500.
- baby-battering — the physical abuse of a baby or young child
- backbreakingly — In a backbreaking manner.
- backing singer — a singer providing a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- backscattering — the scattering of rays or particles at angles to the original direction of motion of greater than 90°
- backscratching — a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
- badger baiting — an illegal sport in which dogs are encouraged to draw a badger out of its burrow and attack it
- balance bridge — a bascule bridge
- balance spring — hairspring.
- ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
- bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
- bang to rights — caught red-handed
- bargain hunter — A bargain hunter is someone who is looking for goods that are value for money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal.
- bark chippings — small pieces of tree bark used chiefly for pathways in gardens or woodland
- basic training — Basic training is the training that someone receives when they first join the armed forces.
- bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
- basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
- bathing trunks — Bathing trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
- be gagging for — to be very eager to have or do something
- be riding high — If you say that someone or something is riding high, you mean that they are popular or successful at the present time.
- bean bag chair — a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- bean-bag chair — a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- beard-stroking — deep thought