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13-letter words containing d, a, o, h

  • draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
  • draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
  • draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
  • draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
  • drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
  • dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
  • dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
  • dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
  • dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
  • earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
  • east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • ethanoic acid — acetic acid
  • fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • flash-forward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • foolheartedly — Foolishly. In a foolhardy manner. Without thinking about the consequences.
  • 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.
  • forward slash — a short oblique stroke (/), or slash, especially one used in computer programming or to specify an Internet address or computer filename.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
  • 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.
  • full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
  • garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
  • gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
  • giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
  • goldtail moth — European moth with white wings and a soft white furry body with a yellow tail tuft
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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