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13-letter words containing r, u, n, o, e

  • 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
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • 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.
  • grotesqueness — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • ground return — Ground return is the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to ground at each end.
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
  • hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
  • haute-garonne — a department in S France. 2458 sq. mi. (6365 sq. km). Capital: Toulouse.
  • hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
  • he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
  • heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
  • here document — (operating system)   Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
  • heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • honors course — a course in a university or college consisting largely of independent research terminating in a dissertation or a comprehensive examination, and earning for the student who passes it a degree with distinction.
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
  • house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house surgeon — a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
  • humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
  • hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
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