12-letter words containing l, a, g, i
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delegitimate — (transitive) to remove the legitimacy from.
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- 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.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- 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.
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- 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
- dialogically — in a dialogic manner
- 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
- digitalizing — Present participle of digitalize.
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilapidating — Present participle of dilapidate.
- 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.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- 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.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler