12-letter words containing a, n, u, l, t
- counterrally — an opposing rally
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- country lane — a narrow country road, often bordered by hedges
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
- 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 rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- 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
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating