12-letter words containing d, u, t
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedekind cut — a method of according the same status to irrational and rational numbers, devised by Julius Wilhelm Dedekind (1831–1916)
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- delinquently — failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
- deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- demutualized — Simple past tense and past participle of demutualize.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denouncement — to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derived unit — a unit of measurement obtained by multiplication or division of the base units of a system without the introduction of numerical factors
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desmond tutu — a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket)
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detumescence — the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering