12-letter words containing s, i, n, g
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclostyling — Present participle of cyclostyle.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- de-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- de-licensing — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- 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.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desiderating — Present participle of desiderate.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- devirginizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devirginize.
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dimensioning — Present participle of dimension.
- ding an sich — thing-in-itself.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus