12-letter words containing d, o, e, c, a, s
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descensional — relating to descension
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disassociate — to dissociate.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discretional — discretionary.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- droseraceous — of or relating to the genus of plants Drosera
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.