11-letter words containing n, o, g, r
- deodorising — Present participle of deodorise.
- deodorizing — Present participle of deodorize.
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derecognize — to cease to recognize (a trade union) as having special negotiating rights within a company or industry
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- digressions — Plural form of digression.
- dining room — a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.
- discoloring — Present participle of discolor.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discovering — Present participle of discover.
- discrowning — Present participle of discrown.
- disfavoring — Present participle of disfavor.
- disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
- disgarrison — To deprive of a garrison.
- dishonoring — Present participle of dishonor.
- disordering — The removal of order.
- 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.
- 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.
- dogtrotting — Present participle of dogtrot.
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- domineering — inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- 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
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- 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.
- 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.
- driving dog — (on a lathe) a clamp securing a piece of work and engaging with a slot in a faceplate.
- drop siding — weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol