12-letter words containing d, u, a
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- ins and outs — details
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.