12-letter words containing d, u
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- dead account — an account that is no longer being used and on which no transactions have taken place for a considerable length of time
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- death duties — Death duties were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decommunized — Simple past tense and past participle of decommunize.
- decompounded — Simple past tense and past participle of decompound.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- 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.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- dehumidified — Simple past tense and past participle of dehumidify.
- dehumidifier — A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to reduce the amount of moisture in the air.
- dehumidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify.
- 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.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- delusiveness — The state or quality of being delusive.
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- 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
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demutualized — Simple past tense and past participle of demutualize.