14-letter words containing d, i, g, s
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demythologised — Simple past tense and past participle of demythologise.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- deregistration — The process of which an employee is removed from work registrant status.
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- destigmatizing — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
- digestibleness — The quality of being digestible.
- digitalisation — Alternative spelling of digitalization.
- digressiveness — The quality or state of being digressive.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disadvantaging — Present participle of disadvantage.
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregating — Present participle of disaggregate.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.