12-letter words containing n, e, u, t
- desmond tutu — a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket)
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- detumescence — the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discontinues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- do one's nut — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- 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.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- durante vita — during life.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- earth return — the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to earth at each end
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat