12-letter words containing d, e, g, u
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- 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.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misjudgement — Alternative form of misjudgment.
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- 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
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- 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.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- ruling elder — an elder in a Presbyterian church.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.