12-letter words containing d, i, g, u, e
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- extinguished — Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- grudgingness — The state or quality of grudging.
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- 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.
- 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.