13-letter words containing g, r, u, d, e
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- pride's purge — the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- red underwing — a large noctuid moth, Catocala nupta, having dull forewings and hind wings coloured red and black
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.