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

  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • 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.
  • groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
  • 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.
  • 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
  • indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
  • kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
  • lightning rod — a rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
  • long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
  • main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
  • mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
  • mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
  • middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
  • mind-boggling — intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.
  • molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
  • nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
  • nondigestible — Not digestible.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
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