13-letter words containing a, r, d, o
- general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- 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.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- 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.
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- 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
- 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.