12-letter words containing c, a, n, r, d
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- deracinating — Present participle of deracinate Pulling up by the roots.
- deracination — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- dibranchiate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- dining chair — high-backed chair used at dinner table
- dinner dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- dinner-dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- disaccordant — not agreeing
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discriminant — a relatively simple expression that determines some of the properties, as the nature of the roots, of a given equation or function.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disintricate — (transitive) To disentangle.
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
- dodecahedron — a solid figure having 12 faces.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].