12-letter words containing u, n, r, d
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- 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.
- 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
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- 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
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- dengue-fever — an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- derived unit — a unit of measurement obtained by multiplication or division of the base units of a system without the introduction of numerical factors
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- 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.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- 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.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.