12-letter words containing e, d, g, s
- dead storage — the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- degressively — in a degressive fashion
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- deregistered — Simple past tense and past participle of deregister.
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desegregated — Simple past tense and past participle of desegregate.
- desegregates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desegregate.
- desiderating — Present participle of desiderate.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- destigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- devirginizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devirginize.
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.