11-letter words containing g, a
- cytological — Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists.
- cytomegalic — of or relating to a disease characterized by enlarged cells
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
- dad dancing — enthusiastic but inelegant dancing to pop music, regarded as typical of middle-aged men
- daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- daggerboard — a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway
- daily grind — everyday work routine
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- damping off — any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
- damping-off — a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
- danger cave — a deep, stratified site in the eastern Great Basin, in Utah, occupied by Amerindian cultures from at least 7000 b.c. to historic times.
- danger list — on
- danger zone — a dangerous area
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
- dapple-gray — gray spotted with darker gray
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- darning egg — a rounded piece of wood or plastic used in darning to support the fabric around the hole
- data logger — data logging
- data mining — Data mining involves collecting information from data stored in a database, for example in order to find out about people's shopping habits.
- dating nail — a nail driven into a wooden tie, pole, etc., bearing on its head the date of installation or last treatment of the timber.
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- db2 catalog — (database) An IBM DB2 system table listing all objects in a database installation including hosts, servers, databases, tables and many more. Commands are provided to manage the catalog, e.g. db2 catalog database mydatabase on /databases/mydatabase to add a database reference.
- dde manager — An Oracle product that lets Microsoft Windows applications that support the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol act as front end tools for Oracle. It allows applications like Excel, Word, Ami Professional, WingZ and ToolBook to query, update, graph and report information stored in Oracle.
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead ringer — a person or thing that closely resembles another; ringer: That old car is a dead ringer for the one we used to own.
- dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.
- deafeningly — to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- deamidating — Present participle of deamidate.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- death angel — Azrael.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decollating — Present participle of decollate.
- decolletage — the low-cut neckline of a woman's garment
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- defalcating — Present participle of defalcate.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- deflagrable — having the ability to burst into flames quickly
- deflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of deflagrate.