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13-letter words containing t, r, i, n, g

  • argentine ant — a small brown ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, introduced into the southern U.S. from South America: a household and fruit pest.
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
  • argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
  • arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
  • armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
  • atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • belligerently — aggressively
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
  • big brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
  • bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • birectangular — having two right angles.
  • birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
  • birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
  • birthing room — a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
  • bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
  • bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • breathe again — to feel relief
  • bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
  • bring to book — to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • bring to mind — recall
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • buggin's turn — promotion by seniority or rotation rather than merit.
  • buggins' turn — the principle of awarding an appointment to members of a group in turn, rather than according to merit
  • bus mastering — bus master
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