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13-letter words containing a, g, r, n, d, s

  • guard against — prevent
  • hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • nondecreasing — not decreasing.
  • nonsegregated — Not segregated.
  • over-standing — overreach (def 13).
  • overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
  • overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
  • serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
  • seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
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