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12-letter words containing d, i, n, g, l

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
  • 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 field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
  • 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.
  • flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
  • folding door — a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened.
  • 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.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
  • fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
  • full binding — a complete binding of a volume in any one material, generally leather.
  • 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.
  • garand rifle — M-1.
  • garden snail — Zoology
  • gas cylinder — container for storing gas
  • gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
  • gender-blind — not discriminating on the basis of gender, or not making a distinction between the sexes
  • 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.
  • genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
  • get involved — play a part
  • giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
  • gideon bible — a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization (Gideons International) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc
  • glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
  • gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
  • global index — (filename extension)   (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • godwin's law — (humour)   "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
  • gold digging — the work of digging for gold.
  • gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
  • gold filling — a small amount of gold that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay
  • gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
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