12-letter words containing d, g, l
- blood orange — a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
- blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
- blue dogwood — a shrub or small tree, Cornus alternifolia, of eastern North America, having clusters of white flowers and bluish fruit.
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- boghead coal — compact bituminous coal that burns brightly and yields large quantities of tar and oil upon distillation.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bottle gourd — an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- bulldog clip — A bulldog clip is a metal clip with a spring lever that opens and closes two flat pieces of metal. It is used for holding papers together.
- bundle buggy — a shopping cart, usually one owned by the shopper rather than one provided by the store.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
- cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childminding — Childminding is looking after children when it is done by someone such as a childminder.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA