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12-letter words containing a, d, r, i

  • david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
  • 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.
  • davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
  • day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
  • day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
  • daydreamlike — resembling a daydream
  • de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
  • dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
  • dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
  • dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
  • dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
  • dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
  • deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
  • death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
  • debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
  • debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
  • debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
  • decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
  • decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
  • decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
  • decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
  • deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
  • decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
  • decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
  • decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
  • decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
  • dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
  • decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • declarations — Plural form of declaration.
  • decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
  • decoratively — In a decorative manner.
  • decorticated — Having had the outer covering removed.
  • decorticator — A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.
  • decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
  • decrepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of decrepitate.
  • decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
  • decrustation — the act of removing a crust
  • dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
  • deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
  • defederalize — to shift the functions or powers of (an agency, service, etc.) from the jurisdiction of the federal government to that of state or local government: to defederalize construction loans.
  • defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
  • 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.
  • deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
  • deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
  • deformations — Plural form of deformation.
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