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12-letter words containing d, i, c, o

  • dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
  • distinctions — Plural form of distinction.
  • distractions — Plural form of distraction.
  • divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
  • divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
  • do credit to — present or represent honourably
  • do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
  • dockominiums — Plural form of dockominium.
  • doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
  • doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
  • doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
  • docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
  • docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
  • dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
  • dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
  • domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
  • domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
  • domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
  • domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
  • domesticized — Simple past tense and past participle of domesticize.
  • domiciliated — to domicile.
  • dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
  • donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
  • doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
  • door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
  • dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
  • double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
  • double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
  • double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.
  • double-quick — very quick or rapid.
  • dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
  • draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
  • drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
  • drill collar — A drill collar is a thick tubular piece at the bottom of a drillpipe, which concentrates the weight on the rotating drill bit.
  • drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
  • drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
  • drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
  • dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
  • duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • duplications — Plural form of duplication.
  • duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
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