16-letter words containing d, r, e, g

bright-blindness — blindness occurring in sheep grazing pastures heavily infested with bracken
budgie smugglers — men's close-fitting swimming trunks
bureau de change — a place where foreign currencies can be exchanged
burgundy trefoil — alfalfa.
canada bluegrass — a Eurasian grass, Poa compressa, naturalized in North America, having creeping rootstocks and bluish-green leaves.
cape cod lighter — a device for lighting a fire, as in a fireplace, consisting of a lump of nonflammable material on a metal rod, that is soaked in kerosene or the like and lighted with a match.
captive breeding — Captive breeding is the breeding of wild animals in places such as zoos, especially animals which have become rare in the wild.
careers guidance — advice and information about careers that helps individuals, esp young people, decide on a career and also teaches them how to pursue their chosen career
careless driving — the offence of driving without due care
carnal knowledge — Chiefly Law. sexual intercourse.
cartridge player — an audio or video system that reads cartridges of magnetic tape
casting director — the person in charge of choosing of actors for a production
charged particle — an atomic particle with a positive or negative charge, as an electron, proton, or helium ion
chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
cigarette holder — A cigarette holder is a narrow tube that you can put a cigarette into in order to hold it while you smoke it.
cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
common-or-garden — You can use common-or-garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way.
considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
d-glyceraldehyde — an isomer of glyceraldehyde in which the OH group is on the right side of the asymmetric carbon atom.
dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
database manager — a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
debating chamber — a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
debt forgiveness — the action or process of forgiving people their debts
dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
deflecting force — the apparent deflection (Coriolis acceleration) of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth, attributed to a fictitious force (Coriolis force) but actually caused by the rotation of the earth and appearing as a deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and a deflection to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
degenerate state — a state of a system characterized by a set of quantum numbers and represented by an eigenfunction. The energy of each state is precise within the limits imposed by the uncertainty principle but may be changed by applying a field of force. States that have the same energy are called degenerate
degrees of frost — When someone says that there are a particular number of degrees of frost they mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.
demerara (sugar) — a coarse, light-brown sugar
dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events

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