12-letter words containing a, c, d, e, m
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- dream ticket — If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful.
- dreamcatcher — A small hoop containing a horsehair mesh, or a similar construction of string or yarn, decorated with feathers and beads, believed to give its owner good dreams. Dreamcatchers were originally made by American Indians.
- 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.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.