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14-letter words containing l, a, g, e

  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • digital divide — the socioeconomic and other disparities between those people who have opportunities and skills enabling them to benefit from digital resources, especially the Internet, and those who do not have these opportunities or skills: programs that help to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor countries.
  • digital native — a person who has been familiar with computers, the Internet, and other digital technology from a young age. Compare digital immigrant.
  • digital wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
  • dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • dinoflagellate — any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center.
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
  • divine healing — healing through divine intervention as in response to prayer or because of faith.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dollar-average — to engage in dollar averaging.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • 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.
  • draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • 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
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
  • easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
  • eau de cologne — cologne.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
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