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13-letter words containing g, o, e, d, l

  • gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • golden fleece — a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Aeëtes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Aeëtes's daughter, Medea.
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
  • golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
  • golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
  • golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • 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.
  • golden yellow — of yellow with a tinge of gold
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • gregor mendel — Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
  • grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • hold together — not fall apart
  • honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
  • james douglasSir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
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