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13-letter words containing r, i, o, t, g

  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
  • re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • reaggregation — the act or process of reaggregrating something
  • reassignation — an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
  • reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
  • reconnoitring — the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
  • reconsignment — a consigning again.
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • regimentation — the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • regurgitation — the act of regurgitating.
  • reintegration — restoration to a unified state.
  • reinterrogate — to interrogate or question again
  • reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
  • remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
  • repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
  • retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
  • retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
  • retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
  • right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
  • right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
  • right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
  • right-to-work — of or relating to the right of workers to gain or keep employment whether or not they belong to a labor union.
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • ring topology — ring network
  • rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
  • rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
  • rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
  • rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
  • rolling stone — person: nomadic
  • romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
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