12-letter words containing d, r, u, i, c
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- 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.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- 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.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- 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.
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.