12-letter words containing e, d, g, c
- 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.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- 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.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- package deal — Also called package plan. an agreement in which the buyer pays a stipulated price for a group of related products or services: a package deal from a book club.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- parascending — parasailing
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- 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
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- re-recording — to record (something) another time.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- sausage code — (humour, programming) Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.