13-letter words containing a, l, e, g, o, r
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- horatio alger — of or characteristic of the heroes in the novels of Horatio Alger, who begin life in poverty and achieve success and wealth through honesty, hard work, and virtuous behavior: the Horatio Alger story of his rise in the business world.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- interpolating — Present participle of interpolate.
- interregional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- intraregional — Within a region.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- legal process — court procedure
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- 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.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.