13-letter words containing d, i, s, a, g
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disregardable — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- disregardless — (nonstandard) Regardless.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- disseminating — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissimilating — Present participle of dissimilate.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- dog's disease — influenza.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
- field glasses — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field-glasses — Field-glasses are the same as binoculars.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
- goodwin sands — a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.