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13-letter words containing r, h, a, g

  • free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
  • freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • freight train — a train of freight cars.
  • french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
  • french guinea — former name of Guinea.
  • frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
  • galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
  • gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
  • gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
  • garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
  • garden shears — shears used for gardening
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gastrorrhagia — (medical) A hemorrhage from the stomach, also known as a gastric hemorrhage.
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • ginger-haired — having ginger hair
  • girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
  • give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
  • globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
  • glossographer — a glossator.
  • glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
  • graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
  • gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
  • grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
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