12-letter words containing e, d, g, c
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- diego garcia — chief island of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory: 17 sq mi (44 sq km)
- differencing — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disinfecting — Present participle of disinfect.
- disservicing — harmful or injurious service; an ill turn.
- ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- edge species — a species of animal or plant living primarily in an ecotone
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- faraday cage — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.
- gapped scale — a scale, such as a pentatonic scale, containing fewer than seven notes
- 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
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- genetic code — the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.