13-letter words containing e, c, g, d
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- decommunizing — Present participle of decommunize.
- decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- deconflicting — Present participle of deconflict.
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconnecting — Present participle of disconnect.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
- 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
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
- driving force — impetus
- duc d'enghien — Duc [dyk] /dük/ (Show IPA), (Louis Antoine Henry de Bourbon-Condé) 1772–1804, French prince: executed by Napoleon I.
- duck-egg blue — a pale greenish-blue colour
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dynamic range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
- 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
- economic good — a commodity or service that can be utilized to satisfy human wants and that has exchange value.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream