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13-letter words containing d, r, y, g, a, n

  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
  • raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
  • vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
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