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