13-letter words containing d, g, l
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
- r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
- radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
- radical right — the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.
- radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
- regardless of — in spite of
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
- ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
- screen legend — a very famous and much admired film actor
- sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- self-defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
- self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sewing needle — Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- shill bidding — (on an online auction) the illegal practice of a seller or a seller’s acquaintances placing bids on his or her goods in order to drive up the price