12-letter words containing d, e, g, r, a
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- orange lodge — a Protestant fraternal organization based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the English-speaking world where there are significant Irish populations
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parascending — parasailing
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- pregenerated — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.