12-letter words containing d, i, s, o, r
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- 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.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- neurodiverse — Exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nonresidents — Plural form of nonresident.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- 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.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodontist — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- outsider art — art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves
- outsiderness — The state or condition of being an outsider.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over-indexes — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.