13-letter words containing g, a, d, i
- standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- starting grid — area marked as start of a race
- 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.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
- 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
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- 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.
- un-negotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- under-meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- undercarriage — the supporting framework underneath a vehicle, as an automobile or trailer; the structure to which the wheels, tracks, or the like are attached or fitted.
- underdrainage — drainage of agricultural lands and removal of excess water and of alkali by drains buried beneath the surface.
- 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.
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unideological — not having, belonging to, or relating to any particular ideology or belief system
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- uninaugurated — not having been placed in office formally and ceremonially
- unplagiarized — to take and use by plagiarism.
- unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.