12-letter words containing c, u, d, g
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grid circuit — that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground color — Also called ground coat. a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- inconcluding — (obsolete) Inferring no consequence.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.