12-letter words containing d, i, m, e
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
- black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- camaraderies — comradeship; good-fellowship.
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
- cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
- child-minder — a baby-sitter.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
- civic-minded — having, showing, or actively carrying out one's concern for the condition and affairs of one's community; public-spirited
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- come to mind — be recalled
- command line — typed instructions that access a computer system
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commissioned — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commoditised — Simple past tense and past participle of commoditise.
- commoditized — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.