12-letter words containing g, a, e, t
- disaggregate — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disintegrant — A disintegrant is an agent, used in the preparation of tablets, which causes them to disintegrate and release their medicinal substances on contact with moisture.
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draft dodger — a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-grazer — an asteroid in an orbit that takes it close to the earth
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- east lansing — a city in S Michigan.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effeminating — Present participle of effeminate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- egg and dart — a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms.
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- emancipating — Present participle of emancipate.
- emargination — A notch (or series of notches) in a margin.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.