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13-letter words containing g, i, d, e, o, n

  • donkey engine — a small auxiliary engine, such as one used for pumping water into the boilers of a steamship
  • 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.
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
  • dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
  • dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
  • driving force — impetus
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
  • economic good — a commodity or service that can be utilized to satisfy human wants and that has exchange value.
  • edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
  • endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
  • figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • folding money — paper money.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
  • foreign-owned — owned by an individual who is resident in a different country or by a company whose headquarters are in a different country
  • foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
  • gagging order — an official order against certain information being made public or discussed (by the press, etc)
  • garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
  • giant redwood — big tree.
  • gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
  • good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
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