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14-letter words containing e, d, g, a, r, l

  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
  • dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
  • dollar-average — to engage in dollar averaging.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • eleventh grade — the eleventh year of school, when students are 16 or 17 years old
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • feather-legged — cowardly.
  • flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
  • flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
  • flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • garden warbler — any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • general degree — a degree awarded at some universities, studied at a lower academic standard than an honours degree
  • general ledger — records, accounts
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
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