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13-letter words containing d, o, u, g

  • echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
  • figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
  • foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
  • forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
  • gheorghiu-dej — Gheorghe [gyawr-ge] /ˈgyɔr gɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • 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
  • go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
  • good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • gros de tours — a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
  • ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
  • ground return — Ground return is the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to ground at each end.
  • 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 stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
  • ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gunshot wound — bullet injury caused by a firearm
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
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