13-letter words containing s, a, g, h, r
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- diaphragmitis — inflammation of the diaphragm, phrenitis
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disheartening — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- eastern ghats — a mountain range in S India, parallel to the Bay of Bengal: united with the Western Ghats by the Nilgiri Hills; forms the E margin of the Deccan plateau
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- feather grass — any American grass of the genus Stipa, having a feathery appendage.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
- 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
- glossographer — a glossator.
- 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 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