12-letter words containing d, i, s, p, e
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- deposit slip — a form that you fill in when you make a deposit into a bank account; it contains information such as the amount, whether it is a cash or cheque deposit, the account number and the date
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depositories — Plural form of depository.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despisedness — the quality or state of being despised
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.