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13-letter words containing h, o, r, t

  • full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
  • gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gastrorrhagia — (medical) A hemorrhage from the stomach, also known as a gastric hemorrhage.
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • george witherGeorge, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
  • get somewhere — to make progress
  • get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • 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.
  • give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
  • glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
  • 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.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • 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.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • graph plotter — plotter
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
  • growth market — a rapidly expanding market
  • growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
  • habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
  • hack together — (jargon)   To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
  • haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
  • hair restorer — a lotion claimed to promote hair growth
  • half-marathon — running: 13-mile footrace
  • hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
  • hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
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