14-letter words containing d, e, g, l
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
- driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dyalog limited — (company) The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
- edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- electrogilding — electroplating using gold
- eleventh grade — the eleventh year of school, when students are 16 or 17 years old
- engler degrees — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the ratio of the time taken by a particular liquid to flow through a standard orifice to the time taken by water to flow through the same orifice
- english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- etching needle — a type of needle used to etch patterns or designs on printing plates
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- extended algol — (language) An extension of ALGOL 60, used to write the ESPOL compiler on the Burroughs B5500, Burroughs B6500, and Burroughs B6700.
- feather-legged — cowardly.
- feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
- fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
- field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
- field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
- filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
- flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
- flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
- genderlessness — The state or condition of being genderless; lack of gender.
- general degree — a degree awarded at some universities, studied at a lower academic standard than an honours degree
- general ledger — records, accounts
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- gerald sussman — (person) (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
- get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.