13-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- 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
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- 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
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ideal element — any element added to a mathematical theory in order to eliminate special cases. The ideal element i = √–1 allows all algebraic equations to be solved and the point at infinity (ideal point) ensures that any two lines in projective geometry intersect
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- identity disc — a disc bearing details that serve to identify its wearer
- identity sign — the symbol (≡), designating identity, not equality.
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- immediateness — The state of being immediate; immediacy.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in attendance — If someone is in attendance at a place or an event, they are there.
- in deep water — the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- in despite of — in spite of
- in moderation — not to excess