12-letter words containing l, a, g, e
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- diagrammable — able to be diagrammed or representable by a diagram
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- dining table — a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- 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-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.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- 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.
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east lansing — a city in S Michigan.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.