13-letter words containing ge
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- cutter-rigged — fore-and-aft-rigged on one mast in the manner of a cutter.
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- 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
- damaged goods — a person considered to be less than perfect psychologically, as a result of a traumatic experience
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- darling range — a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- 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.
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.
- deoxygenation — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- designer gene — a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- digestibility — capable of being digested; readily digested.
- digital badge — a title or icon associated with a user profile or account that attests to the attainment of a skill or rank or the completion of an objective, as on an educational or social media website or a gaming platform.
- digitoxigenin — a steroid derived from digitalis, used in certain cardiac drug treatments
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disengagement — the act or process of disengaging or the state of being disengaged.
- disobligement — disobligation
- disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drainage wind — Meteorology. gravity wind.
- drake passage — a strait between S South America and the South Shetland Islands, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- drive a wedge — If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dynamic range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.