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

  • outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • over-standing — overreach (def 13).
  • painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
  • palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
  • pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
  • parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
  • phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
  • photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
  • photo-stating — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • press-agentry — the vocation or responsibilities of a press agent.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • raising agent — in baking, a substance added to dough to make it rise
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
  • reassignation — an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • release agent — chemical lubricant
  • resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • resting place — grave
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • right as rain — perfectly healthy
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
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