13-letter words containing l, e, o, n, a, r
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
- gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gazillionaire — An extremely rich person.
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
- general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- 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.
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hell on earth — torment, horrendous experience
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- honorableness — The property of being honorable.
- 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.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- 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.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.