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17-letter words containing d, i, a, g, o, n

  • digital recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is sampled at regular intervals, usually between 40,000 and 50,000 times per second, and each sample is assigned a numerical value, usually expressed in binary notation.
  • dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
  • disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
  • discomgoogolation — a feeling of anxiety felt by someone who is unable to access the internet
  • dog in the manger — a person who selfishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want so that others may not use or enjoy it.
  • drilling platform — a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well
  • drinking fountain — a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.
  • early closing day — a day on which most shops in a town or area close after lunch
  • emissions trading — the buying and selling of allowances for pollutant emissions
  • falling diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of the two apparent vocalic elements is of greater stress or sonority and the second is of lesser stress or sonority, as in (ī), (ou), (oi), etc.
  • fear and loathing — (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000).
  • flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
  • floating dry dock — a dock that floats and can be lowered in the water for the entrance of a ship, and then raised for use as a dry dock
  • folie de grandeur — a delusion of grandeur; megalomania.
  • galapagos islands — a group of 15 islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador, of which they form a province: discovered (1535) by the Spanish; main settlement on San Cristóbal. Pop: 18 640 (2001). Area: 7844 sq km (3028 sq miles)
  • garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
  • garden mignonette — a Mediterranean plant, Resida odorata, which has spikes of small greenish-white flowers with prominent anthers
  • gaseous diffusion — the passage of gas through microporous barriers, a technique used for isotope separation, especially in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors.
  • general admission — an admission charge for unreserved seats at a theatrical performance, sports event, etc.
  • generalized other — an individual's internalized impression of societal norms and expectations.
  • giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
  • go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
  • grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • grand touring car — GT (def 2).
  • grand union canal — a canal in S England linking London and the Midlands: opened in 1801
  • grignard reaction — the reaction of a Grignard reagent with any of the numerous types of compounds with which it can combine, as alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, or esters: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
  • hanging indention — an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
  • hawking radiation — the emission of particles by a black hole. Pairs of virtual particles in the intense gravitational field around a black hole may live long enough for one to move outward when the other is pulled into the black hole, making it appear that the black hole is emitting radiation
  • hodgkin's disease — a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along the blood vessels.
  • holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
  • homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
  • hydrogasification — a high-temperature, high-pressure process for producing liquid or gaseous fuels from fine particles of coal and hydrogen gas
  • hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
  • i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
  • immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
  • in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
  • indicator diagram — a graphical or other representation of the cyclic variations of pressure and volume within the cylinder of a reciprocating engine obtained by using an indicator
  • induction heating — a method of heating a conducting material, as metal in a furnace, by using electromagnetic induction to establish a current in the material.
  • integrated course — a course that covers several subjects
  • integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
  • integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
  • interior drainage — a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
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