13-letter words containing g, r, a, s, o
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disintegrator — One who, or that which, disintegrates.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disorganizing — Present participle of disorganize.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- error message — a message displayed on a visual display unit, printout, etc, indicating that an incorrect instruction has been given to the computer
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc