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13-letter words containing r, i, s, n, g

  • easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • egregiousness — The quality of being egregious.
  • elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
  • embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
  • emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
  • endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
  • energy crisis — a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies
  • energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
  • enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
  • ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
  • epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
  • evening dress — formal clothing
  • everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
  • exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
  • extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
  • externalising — Present participle of externalise.
  • extinguishers — Plural form of extinguisher.
  • extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
  • familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
  • fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
  • fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
  • filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
  • firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
  • first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
  • first sitting — A first sitting is the first period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
  • first-nighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
  • flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
  • flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • fons et origo — the source and origin
  • forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
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