12-letter words containing u, l, n
- curelessness — The state or quality of being cureless.
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
- curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curtain rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- delinquently — failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
- deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- delusiveness — The state or quality of being delusive.
- 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
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.