12-letter words containing d, e, n, a, t
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- contradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- contradicter — One who contradicts.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- countenanced — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- countertrade — international trade in which payment is made in goods rather than currency
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- de-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- dead account — an account that is no longer being used and on which no transactions have taken place for a considerable length of time
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- decaffeinate — to remove all or part of the caffeine from (coffee, tea, etc)
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.