13-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- garrison town — a town containing a military base
- gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
- genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- george inness — George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grain of salt — salt crystal