13-letter words containing h, o, g, d
- diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
- diphthongized — Simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- do-nothingism — the policy or practice of opposing a specific measure or change simply by refusing to consider or act on proposals; deliberate obstructionism.
- doughnut hole — a funding shortfall in the standard drug benefit offered by many Medicare prescription drug plans
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- 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
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- 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
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- food shopping — shopping to buy food
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
- 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
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
- 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.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- 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.
- good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.