13-letter words containing l, o, n, g, d, r
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- 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.
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- 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.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- 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.
- 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.
- gregor mendel — Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
- 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.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- 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.
- 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.
- london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- 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.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- 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.
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
- 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