12-letter words containing o, g, d, a
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- dextrogyrate — having dextrorotation
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialogically — in a dialogic manner
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diego garcia — chief island of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory: 17 sq mi (44 sq km)
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digitization — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- dissociating — Present participle of dissociate.
- diving board — a springboard.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dog and bone — a telephone
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- 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.