13-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s, e
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- 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).
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- 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
- 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.
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy
- james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- mango madness — the irrational behaviour of a person suffering from the effects of living in tropical heat
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- message board — bulletin board system
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nonsegregated — Not segregated.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children