12-letter words containing o, n, t, l, g
- 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.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- 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
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- entomologist — A scientist who studies insects.
- entomologize — to collect or study insects
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- ethnologists — Plural form of ethnologist.
- etonogestrel — a progestogen used as a male contraceptive, released from two tiny rods placed under the skin
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- footslogging — Present participle of footslog.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.