11-letter words containing g, e, o, l
- decolletage — the low-cut neckline of a woman's garment
- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- defoliating — Present participle of defoliate.
- deglamorize — to make (a person or thing) less glamorous
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degringoler — to descend rapidly
- delagoa bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique
- delegations — Plural form of delegation.
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- demagogical — Demagogic.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- 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
- eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
- 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.
- eccrinology — the branch of physiology and anatomy dealing with secretions and the secretory glands.
- ecovillages — Plural form of ecovillage.
- ecrc-prolog — Evidently Prolog with coroutine extensions. See also SEPIA.
- egg rolling — a contest or race in which eggs are rolled over a lawn, using a spoon or paddle, most commonly held as a children's entertainment during the Easter season.
- eglandulose — eglandular
- egolessness — Lack of ego; the state or condition of being egoless.
- egomaniacal — Having the psychological condition of egomania.