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14-letter words containing a, g, r, i, e

  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
  • diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
  • disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
  • disaggregating — Present participle of disaggregate.
  • disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
  • disaggregative — separating from the mass or into parts
  • disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
  • discharge head — The discharge head is the pressure at the discharge of a pump, measured as a height.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
  • discharge tube — gas tube.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disintegrating — Present participle of disintegrate.
  • disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
  • disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
  • disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
  • disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
  • disorientating — to disorient.
  • disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
  • distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
  • draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
  • drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
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