12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- doorknockers — Plural form of doorknocker.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
- double doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- dromaeosaurs — Plural form of dromaeosaur.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- droseraceous — of or relating to the genus of plants Drosera
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- 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.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.