12-letter words containing d, e, s, c, r
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derestricted — (of a road or stretch of road) with no speed limits at all
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- directed set — (theory) A set X is directed under some relation, <= (less than or equal), if it is non-empty and if for any two elements x and y there exists an element z such that x <= z and y <= z. I.e. all pairs have an upper bound.
- directedness — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.