12-letter words containing g, u, a, d
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- 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.”.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- 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 tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.