12-letter words containing a, c, t, e, d
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- disassociate — to dissociate.
- discalceated — Deprived of shoes or sandals.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disinfectant — any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful organisms.
- disintricate — (transitive) To disentangle.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- distanceless — without distance
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions