13-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- cutter-rigged — fore-and-aft-rigged on one mast in the manner of a cutter.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
- daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- distinguisher — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double-figure — double-digit.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- edmund gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- egregiousness — The quality of being egregious.
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.