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

  • boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
  • boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brain surgery — operation on the brain
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
  • brass rubbing — A brass rubbing is a picture made by placing a piece of paper over a brass plate that has writing or a picture on it, and rubbing it with a wax crayon.
  • brass-rubbing — an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
  • brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
  • breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
  • buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
  • burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles
  • capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cascade range — a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)
  • casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
  • cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
  • cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • circularising — Present participle of circularise.
  • clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
  • congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
  • congregations — Plural form of congregation.
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
  • congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
  • consternating — Present participle of consternate.
  • contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
  • contragestive — able to prevent gestation
  • contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
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