12-letter words containing i, t, o, u
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- diffusionist — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- dilucidation — elucidation
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discontinues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue.
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctions — Plural form of disjunction.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disquisition — a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- 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.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- 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.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution