12-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- mindlessness — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- mis-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
- mud-slinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.
- multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multistemmed — having two or more stems or trunks
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- near islands — a group of islands of SW Alaska, the smallest and westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu.
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- odontologist — the science dealing with the study of the teeth and their surrounding tissues and with the prevention and cure of their diseases.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outside line — an external telephone connection