13-letter words containing a, d, u, r, e
- grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
- granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- headquartered — to situate in headquarters.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- 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.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- indian runner — one of a breed of domestic ducks.
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
- industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- injured party — victim
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- inter-assured — to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mass murderer — A mass murderer is someone who deliberately kills a large number of people illegally.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.