13-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d, u
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- 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.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- 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.
- 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.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- 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.
- 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).
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- 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.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- 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.
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- muzzle-loader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- nonauthorized — Not authorized.
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.