12-letter words containing a, d, i, e, u
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of desexualize.
- desexualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desexualize.
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- dishabituate — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- disqualified — Simple past tense and past participle of disqualify.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disqualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissimulate.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dual in-line — (hardware) Dual In-Line Package.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.