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14-letter words containing i, g, n, t, e, d

  • divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
  • do one's thing — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • etching needle — a type of needle used to etch patterns or designs on printing plates
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
  • featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gender studies — subject: male and female roles
  • gender-variant — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms: Don't call him a sissy; he's just a teenager with gender-variant behavior. Are metrosexuals part of the gender-variant community?
  • genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
  • gertrude steinGertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • green verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
  • hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
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