13-letter words containing l, a, y, h, o, d
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.