12-letter words containing d, e, r, o, s
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- redispose of — to dispose of again
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- renownedness — celebrated; famous.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
- rhode island — US state
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- rolled roast — meat that has had the bones removed and been rolled and tied for roasting.
- rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
- rose-colored — of rose color; rosy.
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- rosh chodesh — the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar, celebrated in a specified manner during the morning service in the synagogue.
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- sacred order — Roman Catholic Church. major order.
- saddle horse — a horse bred, trained, or used for riding.
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- search order — an injunction allowing a person to enter the premises of another to search for and take copies of evidence required for a court case, used esp in cases of infringement of copyright
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home