15-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
- vanishing spray — a substance that disperses without trace shortly after it is sprayed onto a surface, used in football to mark a temporary line behind which defenders must stand when a free kick is taken
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- venus-s--girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- video recording — sth filmed on videotape
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
- viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- visiting rights — the right to visit someone
- voronoi diagram — (mathematics, graphics) (Or "Voronoi tessellation", "Voronoi decomposition", "Dirichlet tessellation", After Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy) For a set S of points in a Euclidean space, the partition Vor(S) of the plane into the voronoi polygons associated with the members of S, where each polygon is defined by the set of points nearer to some given point in S than to any other point in S. The Voronoi diagram is the dual of the Delaunay triangulation of S.
- voronoi polygon — (mathematics, graphics) For a member s of a set S of points in a Euclidean space, the locus of points in the plane that are closer to s than to any other member of S.
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- voting precinct — one of several areas, each containing a polling place, into which a town or city is split for voting purposes
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
- well-engineered — a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
- window dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- winning gallery — a winning opening on the hazard side, below the penthouse and farthest from the dedans. Compare dedans (def 1), grille (def 5).
- wintergreen oil — methyl salicylate.
- wondermongering — the promising of miracles
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
- working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
- working drawing — an accurately measured and detailed drawing of a structure, machine, etc., or of any part of one, used as a guide to workers in constructing it.
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wring sb's neck — If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
- wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray