12-letter words containing d, a, i, s, m
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- haemorrhoids — Plural form of haemorrhoid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
- lyme disease — an acute inflammatory disease caused by a tick-borne spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi , characterized by recurrent episodes of decreasing severity in which joint swelling, fever, and rash occur, sometimes with cardiac or nervous system complications.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- mademoiselle — (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.