13-letter words containing c, a, d, g
- dactylomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the fingers or toes.
- dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- 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
- dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- digital logic — two-valued logic
- digital watch — a watch that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disco dancing — dancing at a disco
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- dna computing — (architecture) The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- domiciliating — Present participle of domiciliate.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.