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14-letter words containing d, a, i

  • fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
  • free as a bird — really free
  • friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
  • friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • frilled lizard — a medium-sized Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, having a large, cloaklike flap of skin on the neck that stiffens during courtship or threat displays, forming a wide ruff.
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • futuna islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific Ocean belonging to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gender-variant — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms: Don't call him a sissy; he's just a teenager with gender-variant behavior. Are metrosexuals part of the gender-variant community?
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
  • git-up-and-git — get-up-and-go.
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • global dimming — a decrease in the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the earth, believed to be caused by pollution in the atmosphere
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • glyoxylic acid — a water-soluble crystalline compound, C 2 H 2 O 3 , that is an intermediate in photorespiration in plants.
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
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