13-letter words containing g, i, e, t
- dizzy heights — If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it.
- 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.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- draggletailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- 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.
- dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- ecotoxicology — The branch of science that deals with the nature, effects, and interactions of substances that are harmful to the environment.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- egocentricity — The quality of being egocentric.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- egyptological — Alternative form of Egyptological.
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- eighteenpenny — Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
- eighth-grader — someone who is in the eighth grade at school
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- enigmatically — Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
- enlightenment — The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- enthrallingly — In an enthralling way.
- entomological — Of or pertaining to entomology.
- entomologists — Plural form of entomologist.
- epigeneticist — a person who studies epigenetics
- epigrammatism — The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
- epigrammatist — Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings).
- epigrammatize — (transitive) To represent or express by epigrams.
- epileptogenic — causing an epileptic attack
- epizootiology — the study of the systems that govern disease dynamics in animals
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph