13-letter words containing s, i, e, g, n
- 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.
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- 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
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granite state — New Hampshire (used as a nickname).
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
- greater siren — a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S.
- green fingers — skill at gardening
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
- guessing game — a situation in which conjectures must be made because information is not available or forthcoming
- guesstimating — Present participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- guilelessness — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guiltlessness — The state of being guiltless; innocence.
- guinea grains — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
- guinea-bissau — a republic on the W coast of Africa, between Guinea and Senegal: formerly a Portuguese overseas province; gained independence in 1974. 13,948 sq. mi. (36,125 sq. km). Capital: Bissau.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- gynecologists — Plural form of gynecologist.
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- gynomonoecism — the condition of having female flowers and also flowers that have a pistil and stamen on the same plant
- gypsy setting — a setting, as on a ring, completely enclosing the girdle of the stone.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- high-interest — (of a loan, mortgage, etc) to be repaid at a high rate of interest
- high-spending — spending more than is necessary or appropriate
- high-stepping — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet