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13-letter words containing s, t, i, n, g, o

  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
  • entomologists — Plural form of entomologist.
  • 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
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • exaggerations — Plural form of exaggeration.
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
  • fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
  • fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
  • firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fons et origo — the source and origin
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
  • galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
  • galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
  • gametogenesis — the development of gametes.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garrison town — a town containing a military base
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
  • generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • geoscientific — relating to geoscience
  • 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.
  • gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
  • giant scallop — sea scallop.
  • giant sequoia — big tree.
  • gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
  • glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
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