12-letter words containing u, n, t, i, r
- 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
- 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.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- 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.
- durante vita — during life.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- entertissued — interwoven
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equalitarian — Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
- equestrienne — A female equestrian.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- euroterminal — a railway terminus from which trans-European trains operate
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.