20-letter words containing d, o, u, g
- a double-edged sword — If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
- absolute undertaking — a legally binding promise to do something that is not restricted or qualified in any way
- accounting standards — a set of standard rules that accountancy companies are obliged to follow
- adventure playground — An adventure playground is an area of land for children to play in, usually in cities or in a park. It has wooden structures and equipment such as ropes, nets, and rubber tyres.
- after-hours drinking — drinking in a pub after its legal closing time
- anglo-egyptian sudan — territory jointly administered by Egypt & Great Britain (1899-1956)
- antigestational drug — a drug that averts a pregnancy by preventing the fertilized egg from becoming implanted in the uterine wall.
- argument from design — the argument for the existence of God based on the assumption that order in the universe implies an orderer and cannot be a natural feature of the universe.
- audio-lingual method — a technique of foreign-language instruction that emphasizes audio-lingual skills over reading and writing and is characterized by extensive use of pattern practice.
- background radiation — low-intensity radiation from, for example, small amounts of radioisotopes in soil, air, building materials, etc
- basic encoding rules — (protocol, standard) (BER) ASN.1 encoding rules for producing self-identifying and self-delimiting transfer syntax for data structures described in ASN.1 notations. BER is an self-identifying and self-delimiting encoding scheme, which means that each data value can be identified, extracted and decoded individually. Huw Rogers once described BER as "a triumph of bloated theory over clean implementation". He also criticises it as designed around bitstreams with arbitrary boundaries between data which can only be determined at a high level. Documents: ITU-T X.690, ISO 8825-1. See also CER, DER, PER.
- bernese mountain dog — a strong sturdy dog of a breed with a bushy tail and a long silky black coat with reddish-brown and white markings, often used as a working farm dog
- binge-purge syndrome — bulimia.
- blue ridge mountains — a mountain range in the eastern US, extending from West Virginia into Georgia: part of the Appalachian mountains. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)
- bolometric magnitude — the magnitude of a star derived either from the total energy that it radiates at all wavelengths or from the total energy of those of its wavelengths that are received on earth.
- bring down the house — to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
- bring the house down — to win great applause
- brown lung (disease) — a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of fine textile fibers, esp. cotton; byssinosis
- bundle of isoglosses — bundle (def 6).
- child support agency — the British government agency concerned with the welfare of children
- college of education — a professional training college for teachers
- common lodging house — a cheap lodging house
- comparative judgment — any judgment about whether there is a difference between two or more stimuli
- computing dictionary — Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- continuing education — Continuing education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic.
- continuing-education — adult education.
- contradistinguishing — Present participle of contradistinguish.
- corrugated cardboard — cardboard usually made of three different layers, the two outer layers having a smooth surface while the central inner layer is corrugated
- cut the gordian knot — to find a quick, bold solution for a perplexing problem
- declaratory judgment — a judgment that merely decides the rights of parties in a given transaction, situation, or dispute but does not order any action or award damages.
- degree of difficulty — a rating which reflects the difficulty of the manoeuvre or action an athlete is attempting to perform in sports such as gymnastics and diving, and which is factored into the final score
- deinstitutionalizing — Present participle of deinstitutionalize.
- developing-out paper — a sensitized printing paper requiring development in order to bring out the image. Abbreviation: D.O.P.
- diamond in the rough — a diamond in its natural state
- dictionary catalogue — a catalogue of the authors, titles, and subjects of books in one alphabetical sequence
- differential housing — the casing that houses the differential of a motor vehicle
- directory user agent — (DUA) The software that accesses the X.500 Directory Service on behalf of the directory user. The directory user may be a person or another software element.
- district court judge — a judge presiding over a lower court
- do one's nut/go nuts — If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry.
- drum and bugle corps — a marching band of drum players and buglers.
- early sunday morning — a painting (1930) by Edward Hopper.
- estrela mountain dog — a sturdy well-built dog of a Portuguese breed with a long thick coat and a thick tuft of hair round the neck, often used as a guard dog
- fondue bourguignonne — a dish consisting of pieces of steak impaled on forks, cooked in oil at the table and dipped in sauces
- fulminating compound — a fulminate.
- gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
- get under one's skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- gill-over-the-ground — ground ivy.
- godefroy de bouillon — c1060–1100, French crusader.
- good driver discount — A good driver discount is a discount on insurance that is available to drivers who have no at-fault accidents and no traffic offenses during a particular period.
- grand unified theory — a possible future quantum field theory that would encompass both the electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics. Abbreviation: GUT.
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