11-letter words containing g, o, d, n
- dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- driving dog — (on a lathe) a clamp securing a piece of work and engaging with a slot in a faceplate.
- drop siding — weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- dry-footing — removal of glaze from the rim at the bottom of a piece.
- dumfounding — Present participle of dumfound.
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- eglandulose — eglandular
- egodystonic — (of behaviours, values, or beliefs) In conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person\u2019s ideal self-image.
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- endeavoring — Present participle of endeavor.
- endemiology — the study of endemic disease
- endogeneity — (uncountable) The state of being endogenous.
- endogeneous — Alternative spelling of endogenous.
- endogenetic — (biology) endogenous.
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- enough said — understood
- enshrouding — Present participle of enshroud.
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- 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.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- footbinding — The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
- foredooming — Present participle of foredoom.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- fort gordon — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central Georgia, SW of Augusta.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.