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13-letter words containing g, a, n, d, t

  • garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
  • garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
  • garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
  • gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
  • gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
  • get a bead on — 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.
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
  • giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
  • giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
  • giant redwood — big tree.
  • gin and tonic — a drink made with gin and quinine water, served in a tall glass and usually garnished with a slice of lime or lemon.
  • give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
  • golden wattle — a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
  • grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
  • granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
  • grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
  • grandstanding — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • grants-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
  • greeting card — card1 (def 4).
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • guard against — prevent
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
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