11-letter words containing d, g, l
- dissolvings — things that have been dissolved or partially dissolved
- divergently — diverging; differing; deviating.
- divergingly — in a diverging manner
- divertingly — In a diverting manner.
- diving bell — a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose.
- divulgation — to make publicly known; publish.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- dodecagonal — Having twelve sides and twelve angles.
- dog fouling — the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dog licence — a special license which permits the holder to be the keeper of a dog
- dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
- dogmatology — the study and science of religious dogma
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloading — download
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- doxological — Of or pertaining to doxology.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drizzlingly — With drizzle, or light rain.
- drug dealer — sb who sells illegal drugs
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- du guesclin — Bertrand [ber-trahn] /bɛrˈtrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Eagle of Brittany") c1320–80, French military leader: constable of France 1370–80.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duck-legged — having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
- dung beetle — any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung.
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dyslogistic — conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.
- 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.
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- endemiology — the study of endemic disease