12-letter words containing d, e, s, a, l, t
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- nested class — (Java) In Java, a class defined within an enclosing class definition. A static nested class has no direct access to the members of its enclosing class whereas a non-static nested class, known as an "inner class", is associated with an instance of the enclosing class and an instance of the inner class has direct access to the members of its enclosing instance.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- postal order — money order.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- release date — the time, as the day, part of the day, and sometimes the hour, on or at which release copy may be published or broadcast.
- 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 roast — meat that has had the bones removed and been rolled and tied for roasting.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sales trader — a person employed by a market maker, or his firm, to find clients
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- seed capital — small sum invested in new business
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.