12-letter words containing d, e, c, r, t, i
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discreteness — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- 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.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disintricate — (transitive) To disentangle.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- dissymmetric — Asymmetric.
- 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.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- do credit to — present or represent honourably
- do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- dream ticket — If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- eric the red — ?940–?1010 ad, Norse navigator: discovered and colonized Greenland; father of Leif Ericson
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent