12-letter words containing r, o, n, g
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- 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
- cross-string — overstring.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- 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
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- degeneration — the process of degenerating
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- 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.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- 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.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- 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.
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- 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.
- diving board — a springboard.
- divining rod — a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.