13-letter words containing d, r, o, g, u
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- 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.
- 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.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
- 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.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
- roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
- rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
- ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.