12-letter words containing o, g, e, n
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- 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.
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- 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.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- e-government — the provision of government information and services by means of the internet and other computer resources
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.
- editing room — a room in which a film or television programme is prepared by selecting, rearranging, or rejecting previously filmed material
- edmond genet — Edmond Charles Edouard [ed-mawn sharl ey-dwar] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), ("Citizen Genêt") 1763–1834, French minister to the U.S. in 1793.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- egg foo yong — a Chinese-American dish consisting of eggs beaten and cooked with bean sprouts, onions, minced pork or shrimp, etc.
- egg foo yung — a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- electrogenic — Pf or pertaining to electrogenesis.
- 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
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)