12-letter words containing d, i, s, h, e
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify.
- 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.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- devilishness — The state or quality of being devilish.
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dilettantish — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- disembellish — (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disestablish — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dish antenna — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- dishabituate — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dishonesties — Plural form of dishonesty.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disinherison — Disherison.
- disinherited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit.
- disinhibited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinhibit.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- dissenterish — having a part of the character or quality of a dissenter
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- dress shield — a fabric or plastic pad for attaching to the inside of the underarm of a woman's garment to protect the garment from being soiled by perspiration.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysaesthesia — a disagreeable sensation such as burning or itching arising from impairment of the nervous system