13-letter words containing r, o, u, e
- fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- 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.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
- george custer — George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
- gheorghiu-dej — Gheorghe [gyawr-ge] /ˈgyɔr gɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- glucochlorose — chloralose.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- 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.
- gros de tours — a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.