12-letter words containing g, a, u, l
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cultural lag — the difference in the rate of change between two parts of a culture
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live