12-letter words containing a, d, r, s, t
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disorientate — to disorient.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- 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.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.