10-letter words containing a, g, o, d
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.
- dognapping — Kidnapping or stealing of a dog owned by someone else.
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- dollar gap — the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.
- dominating — Have a commanding influence on; exercise control over.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- dorsigrade — (of animals such as certain armadillos) walking on the backs of the toes
- douche bag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- doughfaced — over-persuadable
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- dragonette — A small or female dragon.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dragonhead — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonling — (fantasy) A baby dragon.
- dragonnade — one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.
- dragonroot — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- dragoonade — Alternative form of dragonnade.
- dragooning — Present participle of dragoon.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- dyalog apl — (language) Arguably the current (2001) market-leading implementation of APL, from Dyalog Limited. Dyalog APL runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000; and several popular UNIX systems including Linux. Dyalog APL complies with ISO 8485 and has many features that make it good for complex GUI applications. Dyalog APL was introduced in 1983 and is currently (2002) in active development.
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- fagged out — exhausted
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- food grain — any cereal grain produced for human consumption.
- foodgrains — Plural form of foodgrain.
- footguards — foot soldiers with ceremonial duties
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- gadolinite — a silicate mineral from which the rare-earth metals gadolinium, holmium, and rhenium are extracted.
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gadrooning — ornamentation with gadroons.
- gadzookery — the use or overuse of period-specific or archaic expressions, as in a historical novel: Without any gadzookery and its excessive use of “forsooth,” “prithee,” etc., her first historical novel conveys a superb sense of the period.
- gallopades — Plural form of gallopade.
- gametocide — a substance that kills gametes or gametocytes.
- gammadions — Plural form of gammadion.
- gaptoothed — having a gap between two teeth, as because of a missing tooth
- gardenhood — The state of being a garden; the status, respect, or appearance befitting a proper garden.