13-letter words containing i, h, r
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- 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.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- friar's chair — frailero.
- 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.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- frisches haff — a lagoon in N Poland. 52 miles (84 km) long; 4–12 miles (6–19 km) wide.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- 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.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
- george wither — George, 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.
- 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.
- gilmore, john — John Gilmore
- ginger-haired — having ginger hair
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- 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.
- 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.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- 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.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).