13-letter words containing a, g, d, e
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- onondaga lake — salt lake northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.: c. 5 sq mi (13 sq km)
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- organ grinder — an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- organ-grinder — an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- point de gaze — a needlepoint lace in which delicate floral designs are sewn onto a net ground.
- ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- pre-organized — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preprogrammed — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
- pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.