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12-letter words containing n, e, t, g, o, d

  • long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
  • longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
  • mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
  • nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
  • non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
  • nondepleting — not depleting
  • nondetergent — That which is not detergent.
  • nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
  • nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
  • nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
  • nonsegmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
  • on the cadge — engaged in cadging
  • outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
  • stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • to advantage — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  • tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
  • tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
  • uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
  • unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
  • unnegotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
  • unoriginated — not originated
  • unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen
  • unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
  • waste ground — an empty piece of land
  • white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
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