12-letter words containing g, e, n, y
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deoxygenized — Simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenize.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dry gangrene — death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dunny budgie — a blowfly
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- 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.
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- egg foo yong — a Chinese-American dish consisting of eggs beaten and cooked with bean sprouts, onions, minced pork or shrimp, etc.
- egg foo yung — a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- eighteenthly — in the eighteenth place
- eighty-seven — a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.