12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- non-divisive — forming or expressing division or distribution.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nonresidents — Plural form of nonresident.
- nonresponder — something or someone that does not respond
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonsegmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- nonsponsored — Not sponsored.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nonunionised — Alternative spelling of nonunionized.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- of few words — taciturn, who rarely speaks
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- offendedness — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- on one's tod — on one's own
- on sb's side — If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war.
- on the cards — likely
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- onesidedness — The property of being onesided.
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- open desktop — (operating system, product) A Motif-based graphical interface from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), built over their Unix environment, part of the ACE initiative. Also known as "Open DeathTrap".
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.