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12-letter words containing d, o, e, r, i

  • study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • sudoriferous — bearing or secreting sweat.
  • superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
  • tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
  • 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.
  • timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
  • time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
  • 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.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
  • trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
  • tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
  • underexploit — to make insufficient use of
  • underkingdom — the domain of an underking
  • undernourish — to deprive of or fail to provide with nutrients essential for health and growth
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