12-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- date squares — a sweet made of a date filling on an oatmeal base with a crumble topping, cut into squares
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- 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
- dead storage — the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- 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.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deerstalkers — Plural form of deerstalker.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- 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.
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- demonstrated — Simple past tense and past participle of demonstrate.
- demonstrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demonstrate.
- demonstrator — Demonstrators are people who are marching or gathering somewhere to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.