12-letter words containing y, i, g, d
- dismissingly — In a dismissing manner; dismissively.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- 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.
- 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.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dunny budgie — a blowfly
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- fancy diving — diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- ferry bridge — transporter bridge.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flying field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- giddy-headed — giddy (def 1).
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.