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13-letter words containing g, u, t, h

  • print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
  • pull the plug — If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing.
  • pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • rhythm guitar — a guitar used to provide rhythm, particularly during a musical ensemble
  • right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
  • right-justify — If printed text is right-justified, each line finishes at the same distance from the right-hand edge of the page or column.
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • run the gamut — The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
  • runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
  • running light — any of various lights required to be displayed by a vessel or aircraft operating between sunset and sunrise.
  • saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • set at naught — to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shih huang ti — 259–210 b.c, Chinese emperor c247–210 b.c. initiated the building of the Great Wall of China.
  • shoot through — to leave; depart
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superstrength — great strength
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • that's enough — You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way.
  • thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
  • the high jump — an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports
  • the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thorough bass — figured bass.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thoroughgoing — doing things thoroughly.
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • through stone — perpend1 .
  • through-other — confused.
  • thumb through — leaf quickly through
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
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