13-letter words containing g, l, i, d, n
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
- dialling tone — The dialling tone is the noise which you hear when you pick up a telephone receiver and which means that you can dial the number you want.
- diesel engine — a compression-ignition engine in which a spray of fuel, introduced into air compressed to a temperature of approximately 1000° F (538° C), ignites at a virtually constant pressure.
- digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
- dingleberries — Plural form of dingleberry.
- diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
- disentangling — Present participle of disentangle.
- disgospelling — depriving of access to the gospel
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- disobligement — disobligation
- disobligingly — So as to disoblige.
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispiritingly — In a dispiriting manner.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disquietingly — causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing: disquieting news.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimilating — Present participle of dissimilate.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- dividing line — distinction
- diving beetle — any of numerous predaceous water beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having the body adapted for swimming.
- diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
- diving reflex — a reflex of humans, other mammals, reptiles, and birds, triggered by immersion in cold water, that slows the heart rate and diverts blood flow to the brain, heart, and lungs: serves to conserve oxygen until breathing resumes and to delay potential brain damage.
- domiciliating — Present participle of domiciliate.
- domineeringly — In a domineering manner.
- 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.
- dragon lizard — Komodo dragon.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- drilling ship — a ship provided with drilling equipment and used especially for carrying out test drills
- driving wheel — Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dry lightning — lightning produced by a thunderstorm that is unaccompanied by rain
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.