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13-letter words containing g, r, a, d, t

  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
  • seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
  • sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • starting grid — area marked as start of a race
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
  • superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • 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.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • transgendered — transgender (defs 1, 2).
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
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