13-letter words containing d, o, c, u, t
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- deuteromycete — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disceptatious — disputable
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
- discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- discontinuous — not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- dna computing — (architecture) The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
- do justice to — to show to full advantage
- document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- donor country — a country which provides aid to a developing country
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.