12-letter words containing i, r, g, a, t, e
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- degenerating — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- degeneration — the process of degenerating
- degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
- degerminated — degerm (def 2).
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demagnetizer — Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- deracinating — Present participle of deracinate Pulling up by the roots.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desiderating — Present participle of desiderate.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- disaggregate — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disintegrant — A disintegrant is an agent, used in the preparation of tablets, which causes them to disintegrate and release their medicinal substances on contact with moisture.
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- emargination — A notch (or series of notches) in a margin.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- energization — The act (or state) of being energized.
- entertaining — Providing amusement or enjoyment.
- entrancingly — In an entrancing manner.
- entreatingly — In an entreating manner.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent