10-letter words containing g, l, a, d
- dialog box — A dialog box is a small area containing information or questions that appears on a computer screen when you are performing particular operations.
- dialogical — of or marked by dialogue
- dialogists — Plural form of dialogist.
- dialogized — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogize.
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- digital tv — Digital TV is the same as digital television.
- digitalise — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalism — the abnormal condition resulting from an overconsumption of digitalis.
- digitality — The quality of being digital.
- digitalize — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digladiate — to contend or fight
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- displacing — Present participle of displace.
- displaying — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- divulgated — to make publicly known; publish.
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dog collar — a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
- dog paddle — a simple swimming stroke in which the body is kept nearly upright, the arms paddle, and the legs move up and down as in running
- dog salmon — chum salmon.
- dog's-tail — any of several grasses of the genus Cynosurus, esp C. cristatus (crested dog's-tail), that are native to Europe and have flowers clustered in a dense narrow spike
- dog-collar — A dog-collar is a stiff, round, white collar that fastens at the back and that is worn by Christian priests and ministers.
- dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dogmatical — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dollar gap — the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- draggingly — In a way that drags; with a dragging motion.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonling — (fantasy) A baby dragon.
- dragsville — something unpleasantly boring or tedious.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- dram glass — joey glass.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- dreadingly — With dread.
- dreamingly — In a dreamy manner.
- duffel bag — a large, cylindrical bag, especially of canvas, for carrying personal belongings, orginally used by military personnel.
- dyalog apl — (language) Arguably the current (2001) market-leading implementation of APL, from Dyalog Limited. Dyalog APL runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000; and several popular UNIX systems including Linux. Dyalog APL complies with ISO 8485 and has many features that make it good for complex GUI applications. Dyalog APL was introduced in 1983 and is currently (2002) in active development.
- eagle-eyed — having keen vision.
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- eglandular — having no glands
- embrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle.
- enfilading — Present participle of enfilade.
- enlargedly — in an enlarged manner
- escalading — Present participle of escalade.
- estrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of estrangle.
- everglades — Plural form of everglade.
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.