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13-letter words containing d, o, r, a

  • general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • giant redwood — big tree.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
  • 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
  • gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
  • hammond organ — an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934
  • hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • 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.
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