12-letter words containing d, e, s, o
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- desolateness — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondences — Plural form of despondence.
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- destinations — The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- deteriorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate.
- detestations — Plural form of detestation.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- developments — Plural form of development.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dimensioning — Present participle of dimension.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.