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12-letter words containing d, g

  • angle of dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
  • anglo-indian — An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.
  • angst-ridden — characterized by a feeling of dread or anxiety
  • animated gif — (graphics, file format)   (GIF89a) A variant of the GIF image format, often used on web pages to provide moving icons and banners. The GIF89a format supports multiple "frames" that give the impression of motion when displayed in sequence, much like a flip book. The animation may repeat continuously or play once. Animated GIFs aren't supported by earlier web browsers, however the first frame of the image is still shown. There are many utilities to create animated GIFs from a sequence of individual GIF files. There are also utilities that will produce animated GIFs automatically from a piece of text or a single image. One problem with this format is the size of the files produced, as they are by definition a sequence of individual images. Apart from minimising the number of frames, the best way to decrease file size is to assist the LZW compression by using blocks of solid colour, avoid dithering, and use fewer colours. If areas of an image don't change from one frame to another, they don't need to be redrawn so make the area a transparent block in the second frame.
  • anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
  • anthologized — to compile an anthology.
  • anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
  • antiandrogen — (steroid, pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.
  • antidogmatic — opposed to dogma
  • antihydrogen — hydrogen in which the nucleus is an antiproton with an orbiting positron
  • antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
  • apprehending — Present participle of apprehend.
  • astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
  • audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
  • audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.
  • back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
  • backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
  • backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
  • backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
  • badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
  • badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
  • bandy-legged — bow-legged
  • barking deer — muntjac.
  • barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
  • bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
  • bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
  • bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
  • bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
  • begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
  • beijing duck — a roasted duck prized for its crisp skin, prepared by forcing air between skin and meat, brushing with sugar water, and hanging up to dry before final cooking.
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • below ground — If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
  • bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
  • bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
  • bias binding — a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration
  • big-sounding — meant to be impressive in scale
  • binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
  • binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
  • bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
  • bird-dogging — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
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