12-letter words containing o, u, t, d, e
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- 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.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- 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 altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- 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 dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
- 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 fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double quote — (character) '"' ASCII character 34. Often used in programming languages to delimit strings. In Unix shells and Perl it delimits a string inside which variable substitution may occur. Common names: quote. Rare: literal mark; double-glitch; ITU-T: quotation marks; ITU-T: dieresis; dirk; INTERCAL: rabbit-ears; double prime.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- 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.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities