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13-letter words containing d, a, y, g

  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landed gentry — land-owning class
  • landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
  • legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
  • lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
  • lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
  • maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
  • mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
  • matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
  • my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
  • myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • old and young — people of all ages
  • 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.
  • ordinary gain — An ordinary gain is a gain in the course of normal business.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • 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.
  • quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
  • raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • red-eye gravy — a gravy made from the pan juices of fried country ham, thickened with flour and sometimes containing coffee for color and flavor.
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
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