13-letter words containing s, i, e, g, n
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
- dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- 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
- easygoingness — The quality of being easygoing.
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- 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]>.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- 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
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- 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.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- entomologists — Plural form of entomologist.
- epigeneticist — a person who studies epigenetics
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- 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
- eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
- evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
- evening dress — formal clothing
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- evil-smelling — having an very offensive smell