13-letter words containing r, i, d, g, y
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenizing — Present participle of hydrogenize.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- ordinary gain — An ordinary gain is a gain in the course of normal business.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
- 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.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.
- 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