12-letter words containing o, l, i, g, d
- cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
- collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- dactyliology — the study of finger-rings
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- 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.
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- 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.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- 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
- 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.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disco lights — coloured lights that flash on and off in time to the music at a disco etc
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- 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.
- 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.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- 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.