12-letter words containing a, d, r, e
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.
- dodecahedron — a solid figure having 12 faces.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- 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.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draft dodger — a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dram refresh — (storage) The operation which cycles through a DRAM reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the capacitors which store the data. This may be done by the CPU but is often done by a dedicated memory controller.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- 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.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- 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.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- dress parade — a formal parade of sufficient ceremonial importance for the wearing of dress uniform