12-letter words containing a, n, i, s, d, e
- detestations — Plural form of detestation.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilettantish — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dilettantism — the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disamenities — Plural form of disamenity.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- diseasedness — The state of being diseased; sickness.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- dish antenna — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.