13-letter words containing d, i, s, g
- confidingness — The state or quality of being confiding.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crossdressing — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
- crowdsourcing — Crowdsourcing is the practice of getting ideas or help on a project from a large number of people, usually through the Internet.
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- data striping — (storage) Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
- de-stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- delightedness — The quality of being delighted; great pleasure.
- demandingness — the quality of being demanding
- demigoddesses — Plural form of demigoddess.
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- desegregating — Present participle of desegregate.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desensitising — Present participle of desensitise.
- desensitizing — Present participle of desensitize.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- designer gene — a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity