13-letter words containing r, e, i, t, a, n
- giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
- granite state — New Hampshire (used as a nickname).
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
- 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.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
- greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- greater siren — a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S.
- green gentian — a plant, Frasera speciosa, of the gentian family, native to the northwestern U.S., having open clusters of purple-spotted, greenish-white flowers that blend in with its leaves.
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- hang in there — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- 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.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.