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12-letter words containing d, y, a, s

  • decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
  • decasyllabic — having ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse.
  • decasyllable — a word or line of verse consisting of ten syllables
  • decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
  • decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
  • delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
  • delusionally — In a delusional way.
  • demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • deoxymannose — rhamnose.
  • desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
  • desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
  • despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
  • despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
  • despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
  • desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
  • diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
  • diddly-squat — anything
  • diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
  • dillydallies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dillydally.
  • disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
  • disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
  • disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
  • disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
  • dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
  • dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
  • disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
  • disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
  • dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
  • disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
  • dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
  • display case — glass box, cabinet
  • display hack — (graphics)   A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
  • display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
  • display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
  • displeasedly — in a displeased manner
  • disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
  • dissimilarly — In a dissimilar way; differently.
  • dissociality — the fact or characteristic of being dissocial
  • dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
  • dissyllabify — to make disyllabic
  • dissyllabism — the fact of having two syllables
  • dissyllabize — to disyllabize.
  • distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
  • distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
  • distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
  • dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
  • diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
  • dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
  • dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
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