12-letter words containing l, u, n, g
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- 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.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- disgustingly — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- 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.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- 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)
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- 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.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- 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.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts