12-letter words containing d, r, a, g, l, e
- ledger paper — a foldable paper with a smooth finish.
- ledger plate — a strip of wood laid flat across the tops of studding as a support for joists.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- orange lodge — a Protestant fraternal organization based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the English-speaking world where there are significant Irish populations
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- sales ledger — record of business accounts
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals