12-letter words containing d, r, y, n
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cylindricity — the state or quality of being cylindrical
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- 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.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- determinedly — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dinner money — money given to school children to buy dinner at school
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- dirty-minded — tending to have vulgar, obscene, or lewd thoughts, interpretations, etc.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- donkey derby — a race in which contestants ride donkeys, esp at a rural fête
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- dry gangrene — death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.