12-letter words containing d, i, u, r
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
- distributees — Plural form of distributee.
- distributers — a person or thing that distributes.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributism — a socioeconomic theory and system advocating widespread ownership of private property and the means of production: based on late 19th-century Catholic teachings on economic and social justice.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- distrustless — without suspicion or distrust
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- 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.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- 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.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.