12-letter words containing d
- affranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of affranchise.
- affrightedly — in a frightened or alarmed manner
- afghan hound — a tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat
- afrikanerdom — (in South Africa) Afrikaner nationalism based on pride in the Afrikaans language and culture, conservative Calvinism, and a sense of heritage as pioneers
- after-dinner — immediately following dinner: an after-dinner speech.
- agathodaemon — A benevolent spirit as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
- agathodaimon — a spirit of good fortune, associated with the serpent
- agglomerated — gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- agglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate.
- aggrandising — Present participle of aggrandise.
- aggrandizing — Present participle of aggrandize.
- aggravatedly — In an aggravated manner.
- agriproducts — Plural form of agriproduct.
- agroindustry — an activity combining agriculture and industry
- aid climbing — climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres (artificial moves)
- aide-de-camp — An aide-de-camp is an officer in the armed forces who helps an officer of higher rank.
- aide-memoire — An aide-memoire is something such as a list that you use to remind you of something.
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- air corridor — an air route along which aircraft are allowed to fly
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- air disaster — a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured
- air division — an organizational unit smaller than an air force, usually composed of a headquarters and two or more wings
- air drilling — Air drilling is a drilling method in which compressed air or nitrogen is used to cool the drill bit and lift cuttings out of the wellbore.
- airfreighted — Simple past tense and past participle of airfreight.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- albuminoidal — (chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- aldolization — the conversion of an aldehyde to aldol
- alexander ii — 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
- alexander iv — (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
- alexander vi — original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandretta — Iskenderun
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- alfred mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- alginic acid — powdery substance extracted from kelp
- alias dictus — otherwise called; alias.
- alkyl halide — a compound with the type formula RX, where R is an alkyl group and X is a halogen.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- allan-a-dale — (in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who saved his sweetheart from an enforced marriage and married her himself
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- almond green — a yellowish-green colour
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetized — (North America) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- ambassadress — a woman ambassador