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14-letter words containing g, e, l, d, o

  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dollar-average — to engage in dollar averaging.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • double digging — a method of digging ground in a series of trenches two spits deep, mixing the soil of the bottom spit with manure, and then transferring the soil from the top spit of one trench to the top spit of the preceding one
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • eau de cologne — cologne.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extended algol — (language)   An extension of ALGOL 60, used to write the ESPOL compiler on the Burroughs B5500, Burroughs B6500, and Burroughs B6700.
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • golden goodbye — A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake.
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
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