12-letter words containing d, e, h, i
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- disembellish — (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- 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.
- disestablish — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dish antenna — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- dishabituate — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dishonesties — Plural form of dishonesty.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disinherison — Disherison.
- disinherited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit.
- disinhibited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinhibit.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- dissenterish — having a part of the character or quality of a dissenter
- ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
- do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
- double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- dress shield — a fabric or plastic pad for attaching to the inside of the underarm of a woman's garment to protect the garment from being soiled by perspiration.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.