12-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s, i
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- considerance — consideration
- considerated — Simple past tense and past participle of considerate.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- 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.
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.