12-letter words containing d, i, o, e, s
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- daniel jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- de-accession — to remove (an item) from a museum or library collection preparatory to selling it
- dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declensional — of declension
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- defectionist — a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding, or defection
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- delineations — Plural form of delineation.
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demi-pension — an arrangement whereby a guest or resident pays, usually at a fixed rate, for room, breakfast, and one other daily meal offered in a hotel or boardinghouse; half board. Compare modified American plan.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demo version — 1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. See crippleware.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demonisation — the act of demonising
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- denominators — Plural form of denominator.
- densitometer — an instrument for measuring the optical density of a material by directing a beam of light onto the specimen and measuring its transmission or reflection
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.