12-letter words containing din
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- ding an sich — thing-in-itself.
- dining chair — high-backed chair used at dinner table
- dining table — a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.
- dinner dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- dinner dress — a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown.
- dinner knife — a knife used in eating the main course of a meal.
- dinner money — money given to school children to buy dinner at school
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinner table — dining table.
- dinner-dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- 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.
- discommoding — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
- disembedding — Present participle of disembed.
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- disregarding — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- fact-finding — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- feeding time — the regular time at which babies or animals are fed
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- ferdinand ii — ("the Catholic") 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III, king of Naples 1504–16; as King Ferdinand V, joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.
- ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
- folding door — a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foot-binding — (formerly in China) the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- full binding — a complete binding of a volume in any one material, generally leather.
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- goods siding — a short railway track beside the main tracks where goods trains or goods wagons are left when they are not being used
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- hang gliding — the sport of launching oneself from a cliff or a steep incline and soaring through the air by means of a hang glider.
- hang-gliding — Hang-gliding is the activity of flying in a hang-glider.
- hard landing — Aeronautics. an uncontrolled or rough landing by an aircraft or spacecraft, usually resulting in damage.
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff