13-letter words containing e, d, g, r, t
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- 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
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stores ledger — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the high road — the principal road from one place to another
- the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- to the ground — completely; absolutely
- trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- transgendered — transgender (defs 1, 2).
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- trend-setting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- under the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- underbudgeted — furnished with an insufficient budget; not having sufficient funds made available.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- undergraduate — a student in a university or college who has not received a first, especially a bachelor's, degree.
- underpainting — the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas in which the major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.