12-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- data carrier — any medium, such as magnetic tape, on which data can be recorded
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- 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.
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- 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.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorticated — Having had the outer covering removed.
- decorticator — A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.
- decrepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of decrepitate.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.