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13-letter words containing g, u, i, l

  • delian league — an alliance of ancient Greek states formed in 478–77 bc to fight Persia
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • digital audio — (multimedia, file format)   A sequence of discrete samples taken from a continuous sound (audio) waveform. Tens of thousands of samples are taken each second. Each sample represents the intensity of the sound pressure wave at that instant. Apart from the sampling frequency, the other parameter is the digital encoding of each sample including the number of bits used. The encoding may be linear, logarithmic or mu-law. Digital audio is typically created by taking 16-bit samples over a spectrum of 44.1 thousand cycles per second (kHz), this means that CD quality sound requires 1.4 million bits of data per second. Digital telephone systems use lower sample rates. See also Audio IFF, MP3, wav. A FAQ on audio file formats is available. Part 1, Part 2.
  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
  • disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
  • disquietingly — causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing: disquieting news.
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
  • distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
  • due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
  • duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
  • encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
  • encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
  • enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
  • equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
  • equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
  • ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
  • eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
  • excalibur bug — (humour, programming)   The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • extenuatingly — in an extenuating manner
  • fatiguability — Alternative form of fatigability.
  • fatigue limit — the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without failing.
  • fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
  • figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
  • filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
  • fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
  • flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
  • flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
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