12-letter words containing a, d, g, e, s
- misdiagnoses — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- parascending — parasailing
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sales ledger — record of business accounts
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- side against — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.