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13-letter words containing g, u, r, a

  • guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
  • guinea grains — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gulf-of-sarosGulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
  • haute-garonne — a department in S France. 2458 sq. mi. (6365 sq. km). Capital: Toulouse.
  • heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
  • heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
  • hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
  • housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
  • incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
  • india drugget — drugget (def 1).
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • ingurgitating — Present participle of ingurgitate.
  • ingurgitation — The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
  • inquiry agent — a private detective
  • integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
  • intergranular — located or occurring between granules or grains: intergranular corrosion.
  • interlanguage — a language created or used for international communication.
  • involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
  • ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
  • irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
  • junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • language arts — study of reading and writing
  • laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
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