14-letter words containing u, g, a
- departure gate — (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- diaphragm pump — A diaphragm pump is a pump in which a diaphragm is used to move a fluid.
- diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
- 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.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- 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.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- educated guess — informed estimate
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- excess luggage — luggage that is greater in weight or in number of pieces than an airline, etc, will carry free
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
- feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.