12-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e
- medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- mid-sentence — in the middle of a sentence or utterance
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconnected — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdemeanant — a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of misestimate.
- misjudgement — Alternative form of misjudgment.
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multistemmed — having two or more stems or trunks
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonresidents — Plural form of nonresident.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)