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

  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • 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.
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • 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.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
  • radical right — the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.
  • radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • 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.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
  • 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
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
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