12-letter words containing g, r, i, d, l, e
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- pretendingly — falsely
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- ruling elder — an elder in a Presbyterian church.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- 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 glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- tiger lizard — either of two lacertid lizards, Nucras intertexta and N. tessellata, of southern Africa, having a gray or brown body marked with black spots and bars.
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- triple-digit — being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999: triple-digit budget figures.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underlyingly — in an underlying manner
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.