12-letter words containing o, g, e, n
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- criminogenic — causing or promoting crime
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- 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
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- 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
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- 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
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
- decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- degemination — (phonetics, uncountable) inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
- degeneration — the process of degenerating
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- denominating — Present participle of denominate.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deoxygenized — Simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenize.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- derecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of derecognize.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dimensioning — Present participle of dimension.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.