13-letter words containing s, a, g, i
- insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
- insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
- instantiating — Present participle of instantiate.
- integral test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the function whose value at each integer is the corresponding term in the series is decreasing, tends to zero, and results in a finite number when integrated from one to infinity.
- interglacials — Plural form of interglacial.
- internalising — Present participle of internalise.
- interrogators — Plural form of interrogator.
- intransigeant — intransigent
- intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- introgressant — an individual resulting from introgression
- invaginations — Plural form of invagination.
- investigating — Present participle of investigate.
- investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- investigative — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
- irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isogonal line — an imaginary line, or one drawn on a map, connecting all points of equal magnetic declination.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- jus sanguinis — the principle that the country of nationality of a child is that of the country of nationality of the parents.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.