13-letter words containing g, e, o, d, t
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.
- deoxygenation — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- depathologize — (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- dialling tone — The dialling tone is the noise which you hear when you pick up a telephone receiver and which means that you can dial the number you want.
- digital detox — a period during which a person refrains from using digital or electronic devices, as to avoid distractions or make time for other activities: my week-long digital detox.
- digital video — video output based on digital rather than analogue signals
- digitoxigenin — a steroid derived from digitalis, used in certain cardiac drug treatments
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- diphthongized — Simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconnecting — Present participle of disconnect.
- disintegrator — One who, or that which, disintegrates.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disobligement — disobligation
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- doughnut hole — a funding shortfall in the standard drug benefit offered by many Medicare prescription drug plans
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- dragon market — any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines
- drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.