12-letter words containing a, n, e, r
- currency bar — a long narrow iron bar, often sword-like or spear-like in shape, dating from the pre-Roman and Roman period in Britain; the purpose of currency bars is not certain, and while they may have been used in trade, they may have had a ritual significance
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- dail eireann — (in the Republic of Ireland) the lower chamber of parliament
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- 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.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
- dark mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity greater than 2.8 and that is generally dark in color.
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- daughterling — a small daughter
- 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.
- dawn redwood — a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- 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
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- 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)
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.