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12-letter words containing r, e, n, t, a

  • danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
  • dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
  • dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
  • data general — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
  • daughterling — a small daughter
  • david turner — (person)   Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
  • de-integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
  • deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
  • deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
  • decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
  • decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
  • deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
  • decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
  • decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
  • decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
  • dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
  • declarations — Plural form of declaration.
  • decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
  • deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
  • decrustation — the act of removing a crust
  • deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
  • deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
  • defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
  • deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
  • deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
  • deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
  • deformations — Plural form of deformation.
  • defragmented — Simple past tense and past participle of defragment.
  • defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
  • defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
  • degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
  • degenerating — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
  • degeneration — the process of degenerating
  • degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
  • degerminated — degerm (def 2).
  • degradations — Plural form of degradation.
  • deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
  • demagnetizer — Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization.
  • demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
  • demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
  • demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
  • demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • demonstrated — Simple past tense and past participle of demonstrate.
  • demonstrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demonstrate.
  • demonstrator — Demonstrators are people who are marching or gathering somewhere to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
  • denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
  • denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
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