13-letter words containing a, h, r, d, n
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- french canada — the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate
- 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.
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- garden shears — shears used for gardening
- ginger-haired — having ginger hair
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
- grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
- grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- hammond organ — an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- hand-wringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- haphazardness — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- hard and fast — strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- 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.
- hard-and-fast — strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules.
- hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- harishchandra — also known as Bharatendu. 1850–85, Indian poet, dramatist, and essayist, who established Hindi as a literary language
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- head gardener — the senior gardener who is in charge of a park, the garden of a large house, etc