10-letter words containing g, o, d, l
- davao gulf — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the SE coast of Mindanao, Philippines.
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- deltiology — the collection and study of picture postcards
- demonology — Demonology is a set of beliefs which says that a particular situation or group of people is evil or unacceptable.
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- deontology — the branch of ethics dealing with duty, moral obligation, and moral commitment
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- despoiling — plundering by force
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- diallagoid — consisting of, containing, or resembling diallage
- 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.
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- disclosing — indicating or involving a substance used to reveal the presence of plaque on the teeth by staining the plaque.
- disglorify — to remove from glory
- dislodging — Present participle of dislodge.
- disobliged — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- disobliges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disoblige.
- dissolving — Present participle of dissolve.
- docimology — the theory of the art of testing, as in assaying metallic ores
- 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 clutch — a clutch in which projections of one of the engaging parts fit into recesses of the other.
- dog collar — a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
- dog fennel — mayweed.
- dog kennel — temporary housing for dogs
- 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 violet — a violet, Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers
- 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-legged — bent like the hind leg of a dog; zigzag.
- 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.
- dogsledded — Simple past tense and past participle of dogsled.
- dogsledder — a person who uses a dogsled
- 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.