12-letter words containing d, g, l
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilapidating — Present participle of dilapidate.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- dining table — a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disbelieving — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disciplining — Present participle of discipline.
- disco lights — coloured lights that flash on and off in time to the music at a disco etc
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- disguiseless — the quality of being without disguise
- disgustfully — in a disgustful manner
- disgustingly — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- disinclining — Present participle of disincline.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- dismissingly — In a dismissing manner; dismissively.
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- 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
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double bogey — a score of two strokes over par on a hole.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double fugue — a fugue with two subjects developed simultaneously.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.