11-letter words containing g, o, d, l
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
- dogmatology — the study and science of religious dogma
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloading — download
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- doxological — Of or pertaining to doxology.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- dyslogistic — conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- eglandulose — eglandular
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- endemiology — the study of endemic disease
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flood-light — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- flooded gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil
- floodlights — Plural form of floodlight.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flying bond — a brickwork bond having random, widely spaced headers.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- fool's gold — iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.
- footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
- four-legged — having four legs.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gender role — the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others: conventional notions of female gender roles.
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.