12-letter words containing c, n, d
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- disservicing — harmful or injurious service; an ill turn.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- dissociating — Present participle of dissociate.
- dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
- distanceless — without distance
- distinctions — Plural form of distinction.
- distinctness — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- 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.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- dna sequence — the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dockominiums — Plural form of dockominium.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
- 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).
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecahedron — a solid figure having 12 faces.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- door-knocker — a hinged fitting on a door that can be used to knock on it
- doorknockers — Plural form of doorknocker.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.