16-letter words containing d, g, l

cape cod lighter — a device for lighting a fire, as in a fireplace, consisting of a lump of nonflammable material on a metal rod, that is soaked in kerosene or the like and lighted with a match.
capelli d'angelo — angel hair.
careless driving — the offence of driving without due care
carnal knowledge — Chiefly Law. sexual intercourse.
cartridge player — an audio or video system that reads cartridges of magnetic tape
charged particle — an atomic particle with a positive or negative charge, as an electron, proton, or helium ion
chichagof island — an island of Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 5439 sq km (2100 sq miles)
child psychology — the study of the mental states and processes of children.
chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
cigarette holder — A cigarette holder is a narrow tube that you can put a cigarette into in order to hold it while you smoke it.
cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
class background — a person's background with reference to social class
cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
collagen disease — any of a group of diseases, as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis, involving inflammation or degeneration of connective tissue and accompanied by deposition of fibrinous material.
college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
command language — the language used to access a computer system
common knowledge — something widely or generally known
consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
constant folding — (compiler) A compiler optimisation technique where constant subexpressions are evaluated at compile time. This is usually only applied to built-in numerical and boolean operators whereas partial evaluation is more general in that expressions involving user-defined functions may also be evaluated at compile time.
corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
d-glyceraldehyde — an isomer of glyceraldehyde in which the OH group is on the right side of the asymmetric carbon atom.
dafydd ap gwilym — ?1320–?1380, Welsh poet
dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
de-anglicization — (in Ireland) the elimination of English influence, language, customs, etc
dead man walking — a condemned man walking from his prison cell to a place of execution
deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
deflecting force — the apparent deflection (Coriolis acceleration) of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth, attributed to a fictitious force (Coriolis force) but actually caused by the rotation of the earth and appearing as a deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and a deflection to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
delegitimization — The act or process of delegitimizing.
dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
descending colon — the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure.
designer stubble — (on a man) facial hair that is carefully trimmed to give what is thought to be an attractive rugged slightly unshaven look

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