12-letter words containing d, u, t, e, o
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- get round to — find time
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.