13-letter words containing a, d, o, r, t
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- extraordinary — Very unusual or remarkable.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- flatbed lorry — a lorry with a flat platform for its body
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- 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.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
- great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
- 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.