12-letter words containing ug
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- fugitiveness — The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hug-me-tight — a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
- huggermugger — Alternative form of hugger-mugger.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- inaugurating — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.