12-letter words containing a, r, o, u, n, d
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- 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
- 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
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.