13-letter words containing n, e, g, r, i
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- deep-freezing — the process of freezing food at a very low temperature for storage
- defragmenting — Present participle of defragment.
- degradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by degradation.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
- deintegration — an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
- dereligionize — to remove the religious aspects from (something)
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- desegregating — Present participle of desegregate.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- designer gene — a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- determinating — having defined limits; definite.
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- digitinervate — (of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dingleberries — Plural form of dingleberry.
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
- disagreements — Plural form of disagreement.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disheartening — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disinheriting — Present participle of disinherit.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.