12-letter words containing g, e, r, t, u
- cut a figure — to attract attention
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- 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.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- 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.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- 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.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get round to — find time
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.