15-letter words containing a, d, g, i, o
- deagglomeration — Deagglomeration is the process of breaking up agglomerates.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- deconcentrating — Present participle of deconcentrate.
- decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- dehydrogenating — Present participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenation — to remove hydrogen from (a compound).
- delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- diagonal matrix — a square matrix in which all the entries except those along the diagonal from upper left to lower right are zero.
- diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
- diagonalization — (in linear algebra) the process of diagonalizing
- dialectological — Of or relating to dialectology.
- diamond cutting — the art or work of cutting and shaping rough diamonds to make them suitable for use by the jewellery trade
- diamond wedding — the 60th, or occasionally the 75th, anniversary of a marriage
- diglycolic acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 5 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- docking station — device: charger
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
- drawing account — an account used by a partner or employee for cash withdrawals.
- drip irrigation — a system of crop irrigation involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants through a network of tubes or pipes.
- dynamic routing — (networking) (Or "adaptive routing") Routing that adjusts automatically to network topology or traffic changes.
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- echocardiograph — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.