13-letter words that end in g
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- stage setting — setting (def 6).
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- swimming ring — an inflatable ring that you put around your waist to keep you afloat when you are learning to swim, or when you are not a very good swimmer; used esp for children
- synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- tanjungkarang — a city in Indonesia, in S Sumatra on the Sunda Strait; merged with Telukbetung to form the city of Bandar Lampung
- team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
- teething ring — a circular ring, usually of plastic, ivory, bone, etc., on which a teething baby can bite.
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
- thoroughgoing — doing things thoroughly.
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- tight-fitting — (of a garment) fitting closely to the contours of the body: tightfitting pants.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- title catalog — a catalog whose entries are listed by title only.
- to keep going — If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
- tone painting — musical description, by harmonic, melodic, or rhythmic means, of the words of a text or the story elements in program music.
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- town planning — city planning.
- trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
- trainspotting — hobby: observing trains
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch