12-letter words containing a, l, g, i
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- 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-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east lansing — a city in S Michigan.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- entrancingly — In an entrancing manner.
- entreatingly — In an entreating manner.
- epexegetical — Relating to epexegesis.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epoxylignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane in which the two \u03b3-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- escapologist — An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- evening meal — dinner or supper
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- facial angle — Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.
- facilitating — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- failing that — You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.
- falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- false gavial — a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial