12-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o, i
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- disorientate — to disorient.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- 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.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- 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 curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- 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.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.