12-letter words containing a, n, u, d
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- conductances — Plural form of conductance.
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- consanguined — Of kindred blood; related.
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- countenanced — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- countertrade — international trade in which payment is made in goods rather than currency
- country road — a road in the country
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- 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
- dead account — an account that is no longer being used and on which no transactions have taken place for a considerable length of time
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.