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12-letter words containing o, n, t, u

  • docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
  • 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.
  • door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
  • 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.
  • down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
  • down-and-out — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
  • downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
  • dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
  • 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.
  • dual-control — having dual controls
  • 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
  • duplications — Plural form of duplication.
  • 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.
  • dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
  • 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.
  • eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
  • educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
  • educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
  • edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
  • effectuation — to bring about; effect.
  • effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
  • egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
  • ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
  • electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
  • electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
  • electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
  • elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
  • elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
  • eloquentness — The quality of being eloquent.
  • elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
  • emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
  • encountering — Present participle of encounter.
  • encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
  • engine mount — The engine mount is the part of the chassis on which an engine is supported.
  • enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
  • enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
  • entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
  • enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
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