12-letter words containing u, n, r, d, e
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- 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.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- 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.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disburdening — Present participle of disburden.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double ender — a double-ended vessel.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dunderheaded — Stupid, foolish.
- durante vita — during life.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- eddy current — an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something