11-letter words containing n, d, r, a, g
- diagramming — a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dining area — room or hall in which meals are served
- disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disarranged — Simple past tense and past participle of disarrange.
- disarraying — Present participle of disarray.
- disattiring — Present participle of disattire.
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disfavoring — Present participle of disfavor.
- disgarrison — To deprive of a garrison.
- dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
- disorganise — To make less organised; to reduce to chaos.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispraising — Present participle of dispraise.
- distracting — Preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
- distraining — Present participle of distrain.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- donor organ — an organ which has been voluntarily given for the use of another person
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- dramatising — Present participle of dramatise.
- dramatizing — Present participle of dramatize.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- drawing pin — a thumbtack.
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.