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13-letter words containing g, l, a, d, y

  • grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
  • guanylic acid — GMP.
  • high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
  • high holy day — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
  • hydrargillite — gibbsite.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • 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
  • landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
  • legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
  • lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
  • lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
  • mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • old and young — people of all ages
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
  • plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
  • 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.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • 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.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
  • zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.
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