11-letter words containing d, i, a, g, o
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downloading — download
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- doxological — Of or pertaining to doxology.
- dr. zhivago — a novel (1958) by Boris Pasternak.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- endeavoring — Present participle of endeavor.
- enough said — understood
- excogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of excogitate.
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goniatitoid — relating to goniatite
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
- goods train — freight train.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.