13-letter words that end in g
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- price cutting — the act or practice of cutting prices
- price-rigging — the illicit fixing of prices by a group of firms working as a cartel
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- proportioning — the adjustment or arrangement of proportions
- pull the plug — If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
- queue-jumping — If you accuse someone of queue-jumping, you mean that they are trying to get to the front of a queue or waiting list unfairly.
- quick-setting — setting quickly, as a cement, paint, or gelatin.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconnoitring — the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- red underwing — a large noctuid moth, Catocala nupta, having dull forewings and hind wings coloured red and black
- redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- ring spinning — a process of spinning in which the yarn is twisted and drawn while passing through a small metal device traveling rapidly around a ring in the operation of winding the yarn onto a bobbin.
- river bugging — the activity or sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers on a small inflatable single-seat craft, a river bug, that resembles an armchair
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades