12-letter words containing d, i, s, p, r, o
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- 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.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- 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 prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- 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.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.