12-letter words containing d, e, i, n, u
- diffusedness — the state or quality of being diffused
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disburdening — Present participle of disburden.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discontinues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- disingenuine — (proscribed) Disingenuous.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- 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.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dunny budgie — a blowfly
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 39 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 72 zeros.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- durante vita — during life.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- 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.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.