13-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- gulf-of-saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- health resort — spa
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- honorableness — The property of being honorable.
- horse trailer — lorry for transporting a horse
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hypsophyllary — relating to a hypsophyll
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- infiltrations — Plural form of infiltration.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inquisitorial — of or relating to an inquisitor or inquisition.
- inscriptional — Of or pertaining to inscription.