12-letter words containing a, d, e, t, i
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- 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].
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- 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.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- durante vita — during life.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysaesthesia — a disagreeable sensation such as burning or itching arising from impairment of the nervous system
- dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysesthesias — Plural form of dysesthesia.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- easy does it — If you say 'Easy does it', you are telling someone to be careful and not to use too much effort, especially when they are moving something large and awkward.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- editorial we — we (def 6).