12-letter words containing i, r, g, a, t
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- coordinating — Present participle of coordinate.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- curtain ring — a wooden, plastic, or metal ring used to attach a curtain to a curtain pole
- cut a figure — to attract attention
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- 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.
- diagrammatic — Something that is in diagrammatic form is arranged or drawn as a diagram.
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.