12-letter words containing d, a, n, t, o
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earth almond — chufa.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- engaged tone — telephone
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- expeditation — the act of expeditating a dog
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- foreordinate — foreordain.