11-letter words containing d, o, n, a, g
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downloading — download
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- eglandulose — eglandular
- endeavoring — Present participle of endeavor.
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- enough said — understood
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- 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
- genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- 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.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- go commando — to wear no underpants
- go-go dance — a dance performed by a go-go dancer
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.