11-letter words containing d, e, g, l, a
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drug dealer — sb who sells illegal drugs
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- eglandulose — eglandular
- elucidating — Present participle of elucidate.
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- evangelized — Simple past tense and past participle of evangelize.
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flagellated — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gallbladder — a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas
- garden wall — a wall surrounding a garden or separating two gardens
- garlandless — without a garland or garlands
- gas bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gas-bladder — a vesicle or sac containing air.
- gelatinated — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinate.
- gelatinized — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinize.
- gene amdahl — (person) A former IBM engineer who founded Amdahl Corporation.
- generalised — Alternative spelling of generalized.
- generalized — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- giant eland — a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa
- gilded cage — a place where someone appears to live in luxury but where he or she has very little freedom
- girdlestead — the waist
- glacierized — Modified by the action of glaciers.
- glad-hander — to greet warmly.
- gladfulness — The quality of being gladful.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glass-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with glass.
- glassy-eyed — having a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly.
- glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.