15-letter words containing g, o, t, e
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- dialectological — Of or relating to dialectology.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- doctor's degree — any of several academic degrees of the highest rank, as the Ph.D. or Ed.D., awarded by universities and some colleges for completing advanced work in graduate school or a professional school.
- dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- dogtooth violet — Also called adder's-tongue, trout lily. any of several North American lilies of the genus Erythronium, having nodding flowers and usually mottled leaves.
- dongola leather — a leather similar to kid, made from goatskin, sheepskin, or calfskin.
- double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- dougherty wagon — a horse- or mule-drawn passenger wagon having doors on the side, transverse seats, and canvas sides that can be rolled down.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- dry goods store — a shop selling textiles and haberdashery
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
- ecotoxicologist — One who studies ecotoxicology.
- eddington limit — the theoretical upper limit of luminosity that a star of a given mass can reach; occurs when the outward force of the radiation just balances the inward gravitational force
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- edition binding — a decorative binding for books, often of leather or simulated leather.
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
- electing a pope — (electronics, humour) (From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it. See magic smoke.
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electromagnetic — Of or relating to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- electronic game — any of various small handheld computerized games, usually battery-operated, having a small screen on which graphics are displayed and buttons to operate the game