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13-letter words containing d, u, n, a

  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
  • 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.
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
  • drama student — a student who is training to become an actor
  • draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
  • drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
  • 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
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • dual national — a person that has dual nationality
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
  • easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
  • edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
  • educationally — pertaining to education.
  • educationists — Plural form of educationist.
  • endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
  • endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
  • endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
  • ensanguinated — stained with blood
  • equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • eta reduction — eta conversion
  • eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
  • european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
  • exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
  • fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
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