10-letter words containing l, a, e, g
- culvertage — the forfeiture of a person's property, thereby reducing him to the status of a villain
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- daggerlike — resembling a dagger in shape or form
- damageable — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- dangerless — Without danger.
- darjeeling — a town in NE India, in West Bengal in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 2250 m (7500 ft). Pop: 107 530 (2001)
- data glove — (hardware, virtual reality) An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow. A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer. The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects. Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove. A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- deadlining — Present participle of deadline.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- defilading — Present participle of defilade.
- deflagrate — to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
- degradable — (of waste products, packaging materials, etc) capable of being decomposed chemically or biologically
- degradedly — in a degraded fashion
- delayering — Delayering is the process of simplifying the administrative structure of a large organization in order to make it more efficient.
- delegacies — Plural form of delegacy.
- delegalize — to revoke the statutory authorization of.
- delegating — Present participle of delegate.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- deleverage — to reduce the ratio of debt capital to equity capital in an organization or (of an organization) to reduce the ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- deligating — Present participle of deligate.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deregulate — To deregulate something means to remove controls and regulations from it.
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- detangling — Present participle of detangle.
- dial gauge — measuring instrument
- dialogized — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogize.
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- digitalise — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalize — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digladiate — to contend or fight
- divulgated — to make publicly known; publish.
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dog paddle — a simple swimming stroke in which the body is kept nearly upright, the arms paddle, and the legs move up and down as in running
- dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.