13-letter words containing t, e, d, i
- free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- gild the lily — to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
- glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
- glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
- gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.