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13-letter words containing d, e, n, g, u

  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
  • hanging judge — sb who sentences criminals to execution
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • india drugget — drugget (def 1).
  • jean de meung — real name Jean Clopinel. ?1250–?1305, French poet, who continued Guillaume de Lorris' Roman de la Rose. His portion of the poem consists of some 18 000 lines and contains satirical attacks on women and the Church
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgment debt — Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court of law.
  • judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
  • 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.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • misguidedness — The state or condition of being misguided.
  • mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
  • mourning dove — variety of pigeon
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
  • mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • nonconjugated — not conjugated
  • nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
  • nonindigenous — Not indigenous; not native to an area.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • out of danger — no longer at risk
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
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