12-letter words containing d, i, s, t, r
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conditioners — Plural form of conditioner.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- considerated — Simple past tense and past participle of considerate.
- consolidator — a person or thing that consolidates
- coordinators — Plural form of coordinator.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- credit score — A borrower's credit score is a number calculated by a credit bureau to express how likely they are to be able to pay back their loans.
- credit terms — the terms and conditions under which an institution extends credit to a person
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.