12-letter words containing d, r, i, n, g
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
- diving board — a springboard.
- divining rod — a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drill string — (on a drill rig) the assemblage of drill pipes that link the drill bit to the mechanism that imparts rotary or reciprocating motion.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drilling rig — rig (def 7).
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- driving iron — Golf. a club with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- driving test — the examination that new drivers must take in order to be officially allowed to drive when not under instruction
- driving time — the time or estimated time to drive between two points or to one's destination.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- 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 puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- edgar adrian — Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- editing room — a room in which a film or television programme is prepared by selecting, rearranging, or rejecting previously filmed material
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- 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
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.