13-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- diagnostician — a specialist or expert in making diagnoses
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disappointing — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disco dancing — dancing at a disco
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disintegrator — One who, or that which, disintegrates.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disorganizing — Present participle of disorganize.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dog's disease — influenza.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- 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.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- 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.
- 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.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- 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
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- 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).
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
- goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
- goodwin sands — a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.