14-letter words containing r, a, g, s
- disfranchising — Present participle of disfranchise.
- disintegrating — Present participle of disintegrate.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
- disorientating — to disorient.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's blood — a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- 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
- drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- enterogastrone — a hormone liberated by the upper intestinal mucosa when stimulated by fat: reduces peristalsis and secretion in the stomach
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fencing master — an expert in, and teacher of, the art and sport of fencing
- ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).
- ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.