12-letter words containing n, o, d, l
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- dilatational — a dilated formation or part.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disillusions — Plural form of disillusion.
- disinflation — a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- dislocations — Plural form of dislocation.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- 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.
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- domain model — (systems analysis) 1. A definition of the functions, objects, data, requirements, relationships and variations in a particular domain. 2. A product of domain analysis which provides a representation of the requirements of the domain. The domain model identifies and describes the structure of data, flow of information, functions, constraints and controls within the Domain that are included in software systems in the domain. The Domain Model describes commonalities and variabilities among requirements for software systems in the domain.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- 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.
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).