12-letter words containing d, o, u, g
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- 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.
- 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 hurd — a third-class university degree
- 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.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- 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.
- foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- get round to — find time
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns