12-letter words containing g, i, o, r
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- driving iron — Golf. a club with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- editing room — a room in which a film or television programme is prepared by selecting, rearranging, or rejecting previously filmed material
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- electrogenic — Pf or pertaining to electrogenesis.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emargination — A notch (or series of notches) in a margin.
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- energization — The act (or state) of being energized.
- english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- ergonometric — Ergonomic.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.