12-letter words containing d, i, n, g, a
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- diving board — a springboard.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- edgar adrian — Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- fact-finding — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.
- 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.
- fancy diving — diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- 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.
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- 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.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.