12-letter words containing a, n, g, o
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- data logging — (data) (data acquisition) Storing a series of measurements over time, usually from a sensor that converts a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity, light, resistance, current, power, speed, vibration into a voltage that is then converted by a digital to analog converter (DAC) into a binary number. Data logging hardware may have several DACs for multiple simultaneous measurements. The hardware usually connects to a parallel port, serial port or USB port on a PC.
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- degemination — (phonetics, uncountable) inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
- degeneration — the process of degenerating
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- denominating — Present participle of denominate.
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digitization — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- dissociating — Present participle of dissociate.
- diving board — a springboard.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dog and bone — a telephone
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.