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13-letter words containing r, e, g, u, l

  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • 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.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • guerrilla gig — an impromptu musical performance in an unlikely public space, such as an underground train or on the roof of a building, organized by text-message communication between the band and its fans
  • guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
  • incongruently — not congruent.
  • intergranular — located or occurring between granules or grains: intergranular corrosion.
  • interlanguage — a language created or used for international communication.
  • interreligous — Between religions.
  • involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
  • irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
  • irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
  • judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
  • junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • language arts — study of reading and writing
  • laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • letter ruling — a written ruling sent by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in response to a query concerning the application of the tax laws to a specific situation.
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
  • liver sausage — liverwurst.
  • long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • 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.
  • lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
  • luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • mackerel gull — tern1 .
  • major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
  • mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
  • marine league — a unit of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km).
  • metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
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