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13-letter words containing g, o, n, d

  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gunshot wound — bullet injury caused by a firearm
  • gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
  • hammond organ — an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934
  • 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.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
  • hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
  • homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
  • honest to god — real or genuine.
  • honest-to-god — real or genuine.
  • honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
  • 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.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
  • hydrogen bond — a type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms (F, N, O) forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule.
  • hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydrogenizing — Present participle of hydrogenize.
  • hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
  • idiot strings — strings attached to children's mittens to prevent the wearer from losing them
  • in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • in good hands — in protective care
  • in good order — If something is in good order, it is in good condition.
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
  • indo-germanic — Indo-European
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
  • jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
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