11-letter words containing g, e, l, d, o
- diabetology — (medicine) The study of the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagonalise — Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
- diagonalize — (in linear algebra) to convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix
- digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- dineolignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on a dineolignane.
- dislodgment — Alternative form of dislodgement.
- dispeopling — Present participle of dispeople.
- dodecagonal — Having twelve sides and twelve angles.
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dog licence — a special license which permits the holder to be the keeper of a dog
- dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- 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.
- eglandulose — eglandular
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- endemiology — the study of endemic disease
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
- flooded gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
- four-legged — having four legs.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gender role — the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others: conventional notions of female gender roles.
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- gobble down — eat hungrily