11-letter words containing m, u, d, t
- demodulated — Simple past tense and past participle of demodulate.
- demodulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demodulate.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- demultiplex — (electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer).
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.
- demutualize — If a savings and loan association or an insurance company demutualizes, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a different kind of company.
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- denouements — Plural form of denouement.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- desquamated — Simple past tense and past participle of desquamate.
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detumescent — characterized by detumescence
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- diminuitive — Misspelling of diminutive.
- diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
- diminutives — Plural form of diminutive.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- dismounting — Present participle of dismount.
- dismutation — (biochemistry) A disproportionation reaction, especially in a biological context, in which oxidized and reduced forms of a chemical species are produced simultaneously.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- documenting — Present participle of document.
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- drum out of — to expel from (the army) with drums beating
- drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- duces tecum — subpoena duces tecum.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dummy joint — a slot cut into a concrete slab to prevent serious fractures.
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.