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13-letter words containing d, o, u, g

  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
  • 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.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
  • indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
  • 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.
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • 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.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • mourning dove — variety of pigeon
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • nonconducting — That does not conduct (electricity or heat).
  • nonconjugated — not conjugated
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
  • nonindigenous — Not indigenous; not native to an area.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • odontoglossum — any epiphytic orchid of the genus Odontoglossum, of the mountainous regions from Bolivia to Mexico.
  • off soundings — in waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
  • old and young — people of all ages
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
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