12-letter words containing a, d, i, s, o
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- desalination — Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descensional — relating to descension
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- desideration — to wish or long for.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- destinations — The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
- deteriorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate.
- detestations — Plural form of detestation.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- 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.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.