12-letter words containing u, d, a, l
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- dual in-line — (hardware) Dual In-Line Package.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dual-release — A dual-release medicine or preparation delivers two drugs simultaneously.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplex paper — paper with a different finish or colour on each of the sides
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dwarf laurel — a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.