12-letter words containing a, d, i, n, t, u
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- 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
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- 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.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- dilucidation — elucidation
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- durante vita — during life.
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.