13-letter words containing d, a, g, u
- 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
- modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- 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
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- nonconjugated — not conjugated
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
- nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- old and young — people of all ages
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.