12-letter words containing d, i, s, t, r, a
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distributary — an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary).
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- 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.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- 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.
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- hairsbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.