13-letter words containing g, i, o, r, d
- 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.
- 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.
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- digital radio — electronic wireless transmission
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconfirming — Not confirming.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disintegrator — One who, or that which, disintegrates.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disorganizing — Present participle of disorganize.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- division ring — a ring in which the set of nonzero elements is a group with the operation of multiplication.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domineeringly — In a domineering manner.
- double-figure — double-digit.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- dragon lizard — Komodo dragon.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- 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.
- drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
- 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.
- 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
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- 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.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.