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13-letter words containing s, i, n, g, u, l

  • 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.
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
  • frelinghuysenFrederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
  • 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.
  • furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
  • gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • 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.
  • guilelessness — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
  • guiltlessness — The state of being guiltless; innocence.
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
  • in full swing — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
  • indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
  • insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
  • insulinogenic — Promoting the production of insulin.
  • interreligous — Between religions.
  • irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
  • isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
  • john sucklingSir John, 1609–42, English poet.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • juggling eggs — Keeping a lot of state in your head while modifying a program. "Don't bother me now, I'm juggling eggs", means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's being scrambled. In the classic first-contact SF novel "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien describes a very difficult task by saying "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity." See also hack mode.
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • languishingly — In a languishing manner.
  • 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.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • linguistician — linguist (def 1).
  • litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
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