12-letter words containing d, i, s, o, l
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- ill-disposed — unfriendly, unsympathetic, or having a negative attitude, as toward another person or an idea.
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- indianapolis — Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- involvedness — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- loco disease — locoism.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.