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13-letter words containing l, a, d, n

  • 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).
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
  • grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
  • grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
  • greenland sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Greenland and N of Iceland.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • guanylic acid — GMP.
  • h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
  • haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
  • half and half — of half one thing and half another thing
  • half-and-half — a mixture of two things, especially in equal or nearly equal proportions.
  • half-finished — ended or completed.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
  • hard as nails — tough, durable
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
  • head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
  • headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
  • heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
  • hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
  • ideal element — any element added to a mathematical theory in order to eliminate special cases. The ideal element i = √–1 allows all algebraic equations to be solved and the point at infinity (ideal point) ensures that any two lines in projective geometry intersect
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