13-letter words containing o, d, g, r, a
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- regardless of — in spite of
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- sound ranging — a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the high road — the principal road from one place to another
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.