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13-letter words containing e, d, g, h, i

  • phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
  • piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • receding chin — if somebody has a receding chin, it does not stick out and appears to slope backwards, giving the appearance of a weak jawline
  • right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
  • sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
  • shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
  • short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • tight-mouthed — tight-lipped.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • unenlightened — to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to: We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues.
  • unhomogenized — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
  • unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
  • 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)
  • wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
  • wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
  • weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
  • white wedding — A white wedding is a wedding where the bride wears white and the ceremony takes place in a church.
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