13-letter words containing s, i, g, n, y
- filing system — file system
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- 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.
- 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.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
- go swimmingly — If you say that something is going swimmingly, you mean that everything is happening in a satisfactory way, without any problems.
- guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- 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
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- identity sign — the symbol (≡), designating identity, not equality.
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
- inspiritingly — In an inspiriting manner.
- interestingly — engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- 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.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- 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.
- 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.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.