12-letter words containing d, u, r, n
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- do honour to — to pay homage to
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double ender — a double-ended vessel.
- 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.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- 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.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- 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.
- dunderheaded — Stupid, foolish.
- durante vita — during life.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- eddy current — an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something
- entertissued — interwoven