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

  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • 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.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • 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.
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • in good hands — in protective care
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • indo-germanic — Indo-European
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
  • jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
  • main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
  • mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
  • matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • method acting — film, theater: acting approach
  • mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
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