11-letter words containing e, g, u
- countersign — If you countersign a document, you sign it after someone else has signed it.
- countersing — (ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- croquignole — a small crisp cake
- cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
- cryosurgery — surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- cunningness — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- degustation — the act of sampling a wide variety of foods, wines, etc.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
- demagoguing — a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
- demagoguism — demagoguery.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- deregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.
- deregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate.
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- devaluating — Present participle of devaluate.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- die-cutting — the cutting by machine of paper or card into shapes with sharp steel knives, such as in the manufacture of cardboard boxes
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgruntled — displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.
- disgruntles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgruntle.
- disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- disguisedly — In disguise.
- disgustedly — to cause loathing or nausea in.