12-letter words containing a, u, t, o, d, e
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- 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
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- 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.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- 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.