12-letter words containing d, e, r, o, s
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indemnitors' — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- intercrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of intercross.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- iridectomies — Plural form of iridectomy.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- 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
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator