13-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- freckle-faced — having a face conspicuously covered with freckles.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- french canada — the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
- garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glucaric acid — saccharic acid.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- hardwick hall — an Elizabethan mansion near Chesterfield in Derbyshire: built 1591–97 for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
- harishchandra — also known as Bharatendu. 1850–85, Indian poet, dramatist, and essayist, who established Hindi as a literary language
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydraulically — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.