12-letter words containing d, o, i, t, r
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modificatory — modifying.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- motor-minded — disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nondirective — Not directive.
- noneditorial — not relating to an editor or an editorial
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor