12-letter words containing d, u, g
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- milk pudding — a hot or cold pudding made by boiling or baking milk with a grain, esp rice
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mind-numbing — If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misjudgement — Alternative form of misjudgment.
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mud-slinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
- odd-sounding — sounding or seeming strange or unusual
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- on soundings — in waters less than 100 fathoms in depth
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- oxford group — an organization founded at Oxford University in 1921 by Frank Buchman, advocating absolute morality in public and private life.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix