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

  • dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
  • decapacitating — Present participle of decapacitate.
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
  • decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
  • decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • deconditioning — Present participle of decondition.
  • deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
  • deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
  • dining kitchen — a room where meals are eaten and prepared
  • direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • 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
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • glycemic index — a system that ranks foods by the speeds at which their carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body; a measure of the effects of foods on blood-sugar levels.
  • 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.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • 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.
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
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