13-letter words containing g, a, r, d, n, t
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- 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.
- 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.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
- interdigitate — (of two or more things ) interlock like the fingers of two clasped hands.
- interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- managed trade — a system whereby the government sets and specifies trade targets and policies
- market garden — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.