13-letter words containing d, c, a, l, g
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- 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.
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- glucaric acid — saccharic acid.
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- guanylic acid — GMP.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
- judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
- 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.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- 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.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.