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12-letter words containing h, u, d

  • 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
  • delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
  • deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
  • deux chevaux — a very small, inexpensive automobile
  • diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
  • diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
  • disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
  • disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
  • disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
  • discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
  • dishabituate — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
  • dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
  • distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
  • do honour to — to pay homage to
  • doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
  • dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
  • donald knuth — (person)   Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
  • double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
  • double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
  • double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
  • double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
  • double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
  • double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
  • double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
  • doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
  • douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
  • douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
  • draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
  • draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
  • draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
  • dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
  • droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
  • drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
  • drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
  • dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
  • dual highway — divided highway.
  • duchesse bed — a bed having a suspended, full-length tester.
  • duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
  • duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
  • duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
  • dunderheaded — Stupid, foolish.
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