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13-letter words containing l, e, g, n, d, i

  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
  • folding money — paper money.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
  • gliding lemur — flying lemur.
  • glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
  • 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.
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • intellidating — the practice of going on a date at a venue, event, etc, associated with high culture or learning (rather than at a bar, cinema, etc)
  • intermeddling — Present participle of intermeddle.
  • interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • l-head engine — an internal-combustion engine having the intake and exhaust valves arranged in a chamber along one side of the pistons.
  • lake dwelling — a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
  • landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
  • landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
  • lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • lending limit — the maximum amount of money a bank can lend to a single person or business
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