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12-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e

  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
  • thin-skinned — having a thin skin.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
  • time deposit — a deposit that can be withdrawn by the depositor only after giving advance notice or after an agreed period of time has elapsed.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
  • trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
  • twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
  • typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
  • un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
  • unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
  • unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • unchristened — not christened
  • under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
  • undershirted — wearing an undershirt
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • undigestible — indigestible.
  • undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
  • undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
  • undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
  • undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
  • undissipated — indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
  • undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
  • undivestedly — in an undivested manner
  • unfittedness — the state of being unfitted
  • unidealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
  • uninstigated — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
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