12-letter words containing g, e, o, d, t
- long-stemmed — having a long stem or stems: long-stemmed roses.
- long-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nondetergent — That which is not detergent.
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonsegmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right-to-die — asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- the go-ahead — permission to proceed
- the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc