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13-letter words containing g, o, l, d, r, i

  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
  • ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • 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.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • 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
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