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13-letter words containing e, c, g, d

  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic head — head (def 33).
  • magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
  • merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
  • method acting — film, theater: acting approach
  • micr encoding — The MICR encoding of a check is the magnetic ink pattern at the bottom that can be scanned and that contains information about the check.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • neglectedness — the state or quality of being neglected
  • nonadrenergic — Not adrenergic.
  • noncondensing — Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
  • nonconjugated — not conjugated
  • nondecreasing — not decreasing.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • noradrenergic — Having the quality of noradrenaline.
  • oceanic ridge — any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
  • powder charge — propellant (def 2).
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
  • ragged jacket — a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.
  • ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
  • receding chin — if somebody has a receding chin, it does not stick out and appears to slope backwards, giving the appearance of a weak jawline
  • receiving end — the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, especially an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at or on the receiving end): The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.
  • recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
  • recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
  • redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scenic design — the creation of scenery for television, film and stage
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