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12-letter words containing a, g, r, d

  • drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
  • dry gangrene — death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
  • dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
  • dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
  • drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
  • duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
  • dv cartridge — (games)   (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
  • dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
  • dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
  • edgar adrian — Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
  • edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
  • egg and dart — a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms.
  • eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
  • endangerment — The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger.
  • endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
  • enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
  • erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
  • erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
  • ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
  • falling door — flap door (def 1).
  • faraday cage — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fire brigade — a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
  • fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
  • firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
  • first-grader — a child in the first grade
  • fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
  • flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
  • flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
  • footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
  • foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
  • forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • fragmentized — fragmented.
  • freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
  • freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
  • frigate bird — any of several predacious seabirds of the genus Fregata, having fully webbed feet.
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