12-letter words containing d, r, i, n, g
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- mind reading — the ability to discern the thoughts of others without the normal means of communication, especially by means of a preternatural power.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- nerve ending — Your nerve endings are the millions of points on the surface of your body and inside it which send messages to your brain when you feel sensations such as heat, cold, and pain.
- never-ending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- noncorroding — That cannot be corroded.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- north riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- 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.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parascending — parasailing
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig breeding — the act or process of getting pigs to reproduce
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pig islander — a New Zealander