16-letter words containing d, i, a, g, n
- canadian english — the English language as spoken in Canada
- canandaigua lake — a lake in W central New York: one of the Finger Lakes.
- capelli d'angelo — angel hair.
- captive breeding — Captive breeding is the breeding of wild animals in places such as zoos, especially animals which have become rare in the wild.
- carbon 14 dating — radiocarbon dating.
- carbon-14 dating — radiocarbon dating.
- careers guidance — advice and information about careers that helps individuals, esp young people, decide on a career and also teaches them how to pursue their chosen career
- careless driving — the offence of driving without due care
- casting director — the person in charge of choosing of actors for a production
- chichagof island — an island of Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 5439 sq km (2100 sq miles)
- 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.
- cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
- 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.
- colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
- combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
- come and get it! — the meal is ready!
- command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
- common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- 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.
- container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
- contraindicating — Present participle of contraindicate.
- corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
- currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
- cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
- dabrowa gornicza — an industrial city in S Poland.
- dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
- 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.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
- 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
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- debating chamber — a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
- deep-sea fishing — the activity of catching fish that live in the deep parts of the sea
- 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
- delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
- delegitimization — The act or process of delegitimizing.
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
- 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
- destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.