12-letter words containing o, l, i, g, d, e
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- get involved — play a part
- gideon bible — a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization (Gideons International) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden oldie — Informal. something once popular or valued that has retained its appeal or for which interest has been reawakened, especially a popular song or record.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).