14-letter words containing d, e, g, r, a, s
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregating — Present participle of disaggregate.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disaggregative — separating from the mass or into parts
- disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
- discharge head — The discharge head is the pressure at the discharge of a pump, measured as a height.
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disintegrating — Present participle of disintegrate.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- 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
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- 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
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- 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).
- for god's sake — Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gerald sussman — (person) (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graduate nurse — a person who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing.