11-letter words containing g, a, r, d
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
- drug dealer — sb who sells illegal drugs
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
- edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- emarginated — (botany) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
- endangering — Present participle of endanger.
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- endeavoring — Present participle of endeavor.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- eradicating — Present participle of eradicate.
- exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
- extraditing — Present participle of extradite.
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fare-dodger — a person who tries to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- featheredge — an edge that thins out like a feather.
- feed grains — grains used to feed livestock
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fingerguard — something that protects the fingers
- fire damage — damage caused to a building or other object by fire
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- forgathered — Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- forge ahead — move forward with determination
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.