12-letter words containing u, n, d, o, i
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- 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.
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- 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 profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- decommunized — Simple past tense and past participle of decommunize.
- 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
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- 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
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- 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.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- diffusionism — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- 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
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discommunity — a lack of community
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.