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11-letter words containing d, o, g, s

  • doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
  • dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
  • dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
  • dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
  • doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
  • doughtiness — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
  • douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
  • douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
  • douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
  • downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
  • downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
  • dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
  • dress goods — cloth or material for dresses.
  • drop siding — weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.
  • dyslogistic — conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.
  • eglandulose — eglandular
  • egodystonic — (of behaviours, values, or beliefs) In conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person\u2019s ideal self-image.
  • endogeneous — Alternative spelling of endogenous.
  • endophagous — relating to endophagy
  • enough said — understood
  • enshrouding — Present participle of enshroud.
  • fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
  • fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
  • fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
  • floodlights — Plural form of floodlight.
  • food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
  • fool's gold — iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.
  • foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
  • footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
  • forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
  • foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
  • foresighted — Having or using foresight.
  • galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
  • ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
  • gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
  • garden hose — tube for spraying plants with water
  • gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
  • gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
  • gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
  • geodatabase — (geography, computing) A database containing geographical and spatial data.
  • geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
  • gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • get used to — develop habit
  • ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
  • glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
  • glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
  • glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
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