12-letter words containing d, o, g, e, l
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double bogey — a score of two strokes over par on a hole.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double fugue — a fugue with two subjects developed simultaneously.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- double-edged — having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.