12-letter words containing d, a, e, l, u
- desexualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desexualize.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disqualified — Simple past tense and past participle of disqualify.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disqualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissimulate.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- 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.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double album — a commercial recording sold on two CDs or LPs
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double modal — a syntactic construction in which two modal auxiliaries occur consecutively within a clause, as might could in I might could help you.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dual in-line — (hardware) Dual In-Line Package.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dual-release — A dual-release medicine or preparation delivers two drugs simultaneously.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications