13-letter words containing r, i, o, t, g
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- tung-oil tree — tung tree.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- uncontrolling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unoriginality — the quality or state of being original.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- vercingetorix — died 45? b.c, Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- voting rights — the entitlement of an individual to vote
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- word painting — an effective verbal description.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
- writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
- yestermorning — yesterday morning.