12-letter words containing g, r, o, s, i, n
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-string — overstring.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.