12-letter words containing g, e, t, i
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- dextrinizing — Present participle of dextrinize.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dining table — a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- 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.”.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disentwining — Present participle of disentwine.
- disesteeming — Present participle of disesteem.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- disinfecting — Present participle of disinfect.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- 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.
- disinterring — Present participle of disinter.
- disinvesting — Present participle of disinvest.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- 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.
- driving test — the examination that new drivers must take in order to be officially allowed to drive when not under instruction
- driving time — the time or estimated time to drive between two points or to one's destination.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.