12-letter words containing d, i, s, t, o, r
- disgradation — a deposition of rank or status
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disorientate — to disorient.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.