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16-letter words containing e, g, d

  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • depending on sth — You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
  • depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
  • dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
  • descending colon — the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure.
  • designer stubble — (on a man) facial hair that is carefully trimmed to give what is thought to be an attractive rugged slightly unshaven look
  • destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • developing world — Third World: poor countries
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
  • digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
  • digestive system — the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products; in mammals the system includes the alimentary canal extending from the mouth to the anus, and the hormones and enzymes assisting in digestion.
  • digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
  • digital envelope — (cryptography)  
  • digital research — (company)   The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
  • dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
  • dinitrogen oxide — a colourless nonflammable slightly soluble gas with a sweet smell: used as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery. Formula: N 2O
  • direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
  • director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
  • disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
  • disingenuousness — The state or quality of being disingenuous.
  • dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
  • disposable goods — consumer goods that are used up a short time after purchase, including perishables, newspapers, clothes, etc
  • distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
  • document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • drag coefficient — a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid, esp air
  • drainage channel — a channel along which drained water flows away
  • draught excluder — a device (such as a strip of wood, or a long cylindrical cushion) placed at the bottom of a door to keep out draughts
  • draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
  • dredging machine — dredge1 (def 1).
  • dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
  • drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drinking-up time — (in Britain) a short time allowed for finishing drinks before closing time in a public house
  • drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
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