12-letter words containing d, u, r, t
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
- distributees — Plural form of distributee.
- distributers — a person or thing that distributes.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributism — a socioeconomic theory and system advocating widespread ownership of private property and the means of production: based on late 19th-century Catholic teachings on economic and social justice.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- distrustless — without suspicion or distrust
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- do honour to — to pay homage to
- do your part — contribute
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- 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.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- 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.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.