12-letter words containing n, g, a
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- curtain ring — a wooden, plastic, or metal ring used to attach a curtain to a curtain pole
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- dancing girl — a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre, etc
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger angle — a horizontal or vertical angle, subtended by two points on shore, that provides a maximum or minimum angle between the points as observed from a vessel if it is to steer a safe course.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- data logging — (data) (data acquisition) Storing a series of measurements over time, usually from a sensor that converts a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity, light, resistance, current, power, speed, vibration into a voltage that is then converted by a digital to analog converter (DAC) into a binary number. Data logging hardware may have several DACs for multiple simultaneous measurements. The hardware usually connects to a parallel port, serial port or USB port on a PC.
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- de-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.