11-letter words containing u, g, a
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- degustation — the act of sampling a wide variety of foods, wines, etc.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
- demagoguing — a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
- demagoguism — demagoguery.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- deregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.
- deregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate.
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- devaluating — Present participle of devaluate.
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- disregulate — Misspelling of dysregulate.
- divulgation — to make publicly known; publish.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- 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.
- drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
- drug dealer — sb who sells illegal drugs
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.