12-letter words containing d, e, t, o, r
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- labrador tea — a North American bog shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, of the heath family, having evergreen leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
- 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.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- motor-minded — disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.