13-letter words containing n, e, d, t
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- honest to god — real or genuine.
- honest-to-god — real or genuine.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
- hyperextended — Extremely long; extended greatly.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ideal element — any element added to a mathematical theory in order to eliminate special cases. The ideal element i = √–1 allows all algebraic equations to be solved and the point at infinity (ideal point) ensures that any two lines in projective geometry intersect
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- identity disc — a disc bearing details that serve to identify its wearer
- identity sign — the symbol (≡), designating identity, not equality.