14-letter words containing g, a, n, s, e
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- destigmatizing — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregating — Present participle of disaggregate.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disengagedness — the quality of being disengaged
- disengagements — Plural form of disengagement.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disintegrating — Present participle of disintegrate.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- 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
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers