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13-letter words containing d, i, s, a, g

  • grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • grandstanding — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
  • grants-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
  • graphics card — graphics adaptor
  • grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
  • guard against — prevent
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
  • head register — the high register of the human voice.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
  • 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.
  • ideal gas law — the law that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant.
  • in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
  • in good hands — in protective care
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
  • landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • nondecreasing — not decreasing.
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