12-letter words containing d, g, l
- double-edged — having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- 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.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dress length — a piece of material that is big enough to make a dress from
- drill string — (on a drill rig) the assemblage of drill pipes that link the drill bit to the mechanism that imparts rotary or reciprocating motion.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drilling rig — rig (def 7).
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.