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12-letter words containing c, n, d

  • 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.
  • dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
  • day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
  • de-accession — to remove (an item) from a museum or library collection preparatory to selling it
  • de-licensing — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
  • deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
  • deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
  • dead account — an account that is no longer being used and on which no transactions have taken place for a considerable length of time
  • deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
  • death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
  • decaffeinate — to remove all or part of the caffeine from (coffee, tea, etc)
  • decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
  • decalcomania — the art or process of transferring a design from prepared paper onto another surface, such as china, glass, or paper
  • decalcomanie — (dated) decalcomania.
  • decalescence — the absorption of heat when a metal is heated through a particular temperature range, caused by a change in internal crystal structure
  • decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
  • decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
  • decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
  • decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
  • 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.
  • decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
  • dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
  • decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
  • decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • decisiveness — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
  • decitizenize — to remove the rights of citizenship from (a person)
  • declamations — Plural form of declamation.
  • declarations — Plural form of declaration.
  • declensional — of declension
  • declinations — Plural form of declination.
  • declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
  • declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
  • decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
  • decocainized — From which all cocaine has been removed.
  • decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
  • decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
  • decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
  • decommunized — Simple past tense and past participle of decommunize.
  • decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
  • decompounded — Simple past tense and past participle of decompound.
  • deconflicted — Simple past tense and past participle of deconflict.
  • decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
  • decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
  • decongestion — the act of decongesting
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