12-letter words containing c, n, d
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- despondences — Plural form of despondence.
- detachedness — the quality of being detached or separated
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- detectophone — a secret listening device, the predecessor of the modern 'bug'
- 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
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- detoxication — Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
- detumescence — the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- dialectician — an expert in dialectic; logician
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- 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
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- 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
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diet kitchen — a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.
- differencing — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- 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)
- ding an sich — thing-in-itself.
- 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.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- dipsomaniacs — Plural form of dipsomaniac.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- directedness — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- disaccordant — not agreeing
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disciplinant — a person belonging to a former order of flagellants in Spain