12-letter words containing l, u, g, e
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double bogey — a score of two strokes over par on a hole.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double fugue — a fugue with two subjects developed simultaneously.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- double-edged — having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
- 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.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- 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.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- 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
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
- full-fledged — of full rank or standing: a full-fledged professor.
- galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.