12-letter words containing d, r, u
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- 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.
- data capture — any process for converting information into a form that can be handled by a computer
- date squares — a sweet made of a date filling on an oatmeal base with a crumble topping, cut into squares
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- 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.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- dehumidifier — A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to reduce the amount of moisture in the air.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- dengue-fever — an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derived unit — a unit of measurement obtained by multiplication or division of the base units of a system without the introduction of numerical factors
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.