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13-letter words containing o, r, l, a, n, d

  • tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • 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.
  • traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
  • untraditional — of or relating to tradition.
  • upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
  • victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.
  • vindicatorily — in a vindicatory manner
  • volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • 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
  • well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
  • well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
  • world war one — international conflict of 1914-1919
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
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