departure gate
— Noun
– English
~ gate where passengers embark
Dipylon gate
— Noun
– English
~ a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
depth gauge
— Noun
– English
~ a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
de Gaulle
— Noun
– English
~ French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
dotted gayfeather
— Noun
– English
~ herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
differential gear
— Noun
– English
~ a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
double-geared
— Adjective
– English
~ (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared lathe"
double-geared
— Adjective
– English
~ equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage; "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane"
dominant gene
— Noun
– English
~ gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"
dilleniid dicot genus
— Noun
– English
~ genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
dicot genus
— Noun
– English
~ genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
dialect geography
— Noun
– English
~ the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
descriptive geometry
— Noun
– English
~ the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection
dove's foot geranium
— Noun
– English
~ western geranium with small pink flowers; a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots
Dinornis giganteus
— Noun
– English
~ the largest moa; about 12 feet high
Dendrocalamus giganteus
— Noun
– English
~ immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
Dacelo gigas
— Noun
– English
~ Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
Dizzy Gillespie
— Noun
– English
~ United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
digestive gland
— Noun
– English
~ any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract
ductless gland
— Noun
– English
~ any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream