13-letter words containing d, r, a, g
- landing strip — airstrip.
- large-hearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal redress — money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- 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.
- lunar landing — arrival on surface of the moon
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- managed trade — a system whereby the government sets and specifies trade targets and policies
- marching band — musical group that parades
- margaric acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C 1 7 H 3 4 O 2 , resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.
- market garden — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- message board — bulletin board system
- mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.