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13-letter words containing h, o, d, i

  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
  • drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
  • dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
  • dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
  • echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • ethanoic acid — acetic acid
  • ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
  • eventide home — a retirement home
  • fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
  • fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • food shopping — shopping to buy food
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • gheorghiu-dej — Gheorghe [gyawr-ge] /ˈgyɔr gɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
  • goldtail moth — European moth with white wings and a soft white furry body with a yellow tail tuft
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
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