12-letter words containing t, e, l, g, r
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
- convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
- cottage roll — a small pickled boneless ham
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- 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.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dress length — a piece of material that is big enough to make a dress from