12-letter words containing d, i, e, s
- antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antidiabetes — Countering diabetes.
- antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- arsenic acid — a white poisonous soluble crystalline solid used in the manufacture of arsenates and insecticides. Formula: H3AsO4
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- assassinated — Simple past tense and past participle of assassinate.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- basidiospore — one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
- bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- bevel siding — siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it.
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bird nesting — the activity of searching for birds' nests as a hobby
- bird-s--nest — nest (def 1).
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- blue devil's — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars