12-letter words containing l, o, g, r
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- 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.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- 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.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- 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.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- electrogenic — Pf or pertaining to electrogenesis.
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- etonogestrel — a progestogen used as a male contraceptive, released from two tiny rods placed under the skin
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.