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13-letter words containing d, r, e, g

  • go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
  • golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
  • golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
  • good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
  • good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
  • good-tempered — good-natured; amiable.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
  • gordon setter — one of a Scottish breed of medium-sized setters having a black-and-tan coat.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
  • graded reader — A graded reader is a story which has been adapted for people learning to read or learning a foreign language. Graded readers avoid using difficult grammar and vocabulary.
  • 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
  • gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • 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.
  • grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
  • granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
  • grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grand marnier — a French cognac-based liqueur with an orange flavour
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
  • grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
  • grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • 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.
  • grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
  • grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
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