12-letter words containing o, u, t, i, n
- credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crucifiction — Misspelling of crucifixion.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cutinization — a process in which the outermost plant cells become thickened and covered with cutin, making them waterproof
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- 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.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diffusionist — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- dilucidation — elucidation
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- discongruity — incongruity.
- 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).
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctions — Plural form of disjunction.