12-letter words containing c, a, l, d, t
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- dactylozooid — (zoology) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora with an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapitalize — to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- 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.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decidability — the capability of being decided
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of decorrelate.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- delicateness — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- delicatessen — A delicatessen is a shop that sells high quality foods such as cheeses and cold meats that have been imported from other countries.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dialectician — an expert in dialectic; logician
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialytically — Done in a dialytic manner or way.
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dichotically — in a dichotic manner
- didactically — In a didactic manner.
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.