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14-letter words containing g, m

  • diplomatic bag — A diplomatic bag is a bag or container in which mail is sent to and from foreign embassies. Diplomatic bags are protected by law, so that they are not opened by anyone except the official or embassy they are addressed to.
  • disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
  • disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
  • disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • disengagements — Plural form of disengagement.
  • disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • disk mirroring — (hardware, storage)   Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dogwood family — the plant family Cornaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, small flowers often surrounded by showy, petallike bracts, and berrylike fruit, including the bunchberry, cornelian cherry, and dogwood.
  • doom and gloom — gloom and doom.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
  • dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
  • dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • dynamic typing — (programming)   Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
  • echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
  • electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
  • electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • embellishingly — in an embellishing manner
  • emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
  • emergency exit — door, way out
  • emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
  • emergency room — hospital: casualty department
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • emergency ward — a ward in a hospital that deals with patients who need emergency treatment
  • emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
  • éminence grise — a person who wields power and influence unofficially or behind the scenes
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • english muffin — crumpet
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