12-letter words containing a, d, r, s, h
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- 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.
- drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- featherheads — Plural form of featherhead.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- galahad, sir — Sir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
- gizzard shad — a silvery herring, Dorosoma cepedianum, of eastern and central U.S. waters, that has a gizzardlike stomach.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- haberdashers — Plural form of haberdasher.
- haberdashery — a haberdasher's shop.