14-letter words containing d, o, g, i, n, t
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disassociating — to dissociate.
- discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- do one's thing — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
- dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drafting board — drawing board.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- electrogilding — electroplating using gold
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
- golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
- grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
- grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
- height of land — a watershed
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.