13-letter words containing d, o, l, r, u
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- 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.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk