12-letter words containing g, i, d, e, o, n
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- re-recording — to record (something) another time.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- 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.
- 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.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
- top dressing — tennis court
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unnegotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- unoriginated — not originated
- unrecognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- velo binding — a technique for binding books or documents that uses a narrow plastic strip along the length of the front and back binding edges and plastic pegs to attach the strips through holes punched in the pages.
- video gaming — the playing of video or computer games.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- window ledge — outdoors: bottom edge of a window
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- woodshedding — Present participle of woodshed.