13-letter words containing y, g
- 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.
- dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
- 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
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- daylight lamp — a lamp whose light has a range of wavelengths similar to that of natural sunlight
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- dehydrogenate — to remove hydrogen from
- dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demyelinating — Present participle of demyelinate.
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- demythologize — to eliminate all mythical elements from (a piece of writing, esp the Bible) so as to arrive at an essential meaning
- dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.
- deoxygenation — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- digestibility — capable of being digested; readily digested.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
- diplomatology — diplomatics as a subject of scientific study
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disobligingly — So as to disoblige.
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispiritingly — In a dispiriting manner.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disquietingly — causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing: disquieting news.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- dizzy heights — If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it.
- 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
- domineeringly — In a domineering manner.