12-letter words containing d, r, a, g, c
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- grand canary — one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1685 sq. km). Capital: Las Palmas.
- grand canyon — a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
- grand cayman — the largest of the Cayman Islands, West Indies. 76 sq. mi. (197 sq. km).
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- landing card — an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.
- managed care — a healthcare plan or system that seeks to control medical costs by contracting with a network of providers.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- parascending — parasailing
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.