12-letter words containing a, p, g, e
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- demand paged — demand paging
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- deprogrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of deprogram.
- deprogrammer — a person or thing that removes the effects of brainwashing or indoctrination
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- emancipating — Present participle of emancipate.
- encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
- epexegetical — Relating to epexegesis.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- 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.
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- escapologist — An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.