13-letter words that end in g
- drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
- drip painting — a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- drunk driving — the operating of a motor vehicle while drunk.
- dry lightning — lightning produced by a thunderstorm that is unaccompanied by rain
- dry scrubbing — Dry scrubbing is the removal of solid particles from a gas onto a liquid surface, but with a solid discharge.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- early warning — An early warning system warns people that something bad is likely to happen, for example that a machine is about to stop working, or that a country is being attacked.
- early-evening — taking place or being presented in the early part of the evening
- early-morning — taking place or being presented in the early part of the morning
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
- electrostrong — (physics) describing the combination of the electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces.
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- energy-giving — containing ingredients designed to boost the eater's or drinker's energy, esp before, during, or after exercise
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- eternity ring — a ring given as a token of lasting affection, esp one set all around with stones to symbolize continuity
- etherealizing — Present participle of etherealize.
- etymologizing — Present participle of etymologize.
- euthanatizing — Present participle of euthanatize.
- eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
- evil-smelling — having an very offensive smell
- excalibur bug — (humour, programming) The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- experimenting — Present participle of experiment.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
- extemporizing — Present participle of extemporize.
- exteriorizing — Present participle of exteriorize.
- exterminating — Present participle of exterminate.
- externalising — Present participle of externalise.
- externalizing — Present participle of externalize.
- extinguishing — Present participle of extinguish.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.