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13-letter words containing d, a, g, u, e

  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • 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.
  • dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • ensanguinated — stained with blood
  • exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
  • figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
  • garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
  • gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • 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).
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
  • granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • hanging judge — sb who sentences criminals to execution
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • india drugget — drugget (def 1).
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • jean de meung — real name Jean Clopinel. ?1250–?1305, French poet, who continued Guillaume de Lorris' Roman de la Rose. His portion of the poem consists of some 18 000 lines and contains satirical attacks on women and the Church
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • multidigitate — having many digits or finger-like projections
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