12-letter words containing a, l, n, g
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dancing girl — a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre, etc
- danger angle — a horizontal or vertical angle, subtended by two points on shore, that provides a maximum or minimum angle between the points as observed from a vessel if it is to steer a safe course.
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- data logging — (data) (data acquisition) Storing a series of measurements over time, usually from a sensor that converts a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity, light, resistance, current, power, speed, vibration into a voltage that is then converted by a digital to analog converter (DAC) into a binary number. Data logging hardware may have several DACs for multiple simultaneous measurements. The hardware usually connects to a parallel port, serial port or USB port on a PC.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- 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.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- 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.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- digitalizing — Present participle of digitalize.