12-letter words containing da
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- cut-off date — the last date on which it is possible to do something
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- dactinomycin — a cytotoxic polypeptide, C 62 H 86 N 12 O 16 , isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces parvullus, used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- dactyliology — the study of finger-rings
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- dactylozooid — (zoology) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora with an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.
- dad and dave — stereotypes of the unsophisticated rural dweller before World War II
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dail eireann — (in the Republic of Ireland) the lower chamber of parliament
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- dairy farmer — a farmer who has a herd producing milk
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dall's sheep — a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.
- dallapiccola — Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1904–75, Italian composer of twelve-tone music. His works include the opera Il Prigioniero (1944–48) and the ballet Marsia (1948)
- dallis grass — a tall, succulent, forage grass (Paspalum dilatatum), with hairy spikelets, much grown in the S U.S.
- dalton's law — the principle that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases in a fixed volume is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it occupied the whole volume
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- damnableness — The state or quality of being damnable.
- damper pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- dancing girl — a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre, etc
- dancing step — balanced step.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- danger angle — a horizontal or vertical angle, subtended by two points on shore, that provides a maximum or minimum angle between the points as observed from a vessel if it is to steer a safe course.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- daniel jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- daniell cell — a type of cell having a zinc anode in dilute sulphuric acid separated by a porous barrier from a copper cathode in copper sulphate solution. It has an emf of 1.1 volts
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark glasses — Dark glasses are glasses which have dark-coloured lenses to protect your eyes in the sunshine.
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light