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13-letter words containing d, o, g, c, l

  • demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
  • dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
  • dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
  • dextroglucose — dextrose
  • dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
  • digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
  • digital logic — two-valued logic
  • domiciliating — Present participle of domiciliate.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
  • epidemiologic — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
  • glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • golden fleece — a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Aeëtes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Aeëtes's daughter, Medea.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
  • mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
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