12-letter words containing a, u, g, e
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- ensanguining — Present participle of ensanguine.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- exsanguinate — (transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
- exsanguinous — Alternative form of exsanguious.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft