13-letter words containing d, r, u, g
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- distinguisher — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double-figure — double-digit.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- drunk driving — the operating of a motor vehicle while drunk.
- dry scrubbing — Dry scrubbing is the removal of solid particles from a gas onto a liquid surface, but with a solid discharge.
- dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- edmund gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- 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.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- 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.