12-letter words containing d, o, i, t
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- 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.
- domesticized — Simple past tense and past participle of domesticize.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- dot notation — (networking) Berkeley Unix notation for an Internet address, consisting of one to four numbers (a "dotted quad") in hexadecimal (leading 0x), octal (leading 0), or (usually) decimal. It represents a 32-bit address. Each leading number represents eight bits of the address (high byte first) and the last number represents the rest. E.g. address 0x25.32.0xab represents 0x252000ab. By far the most common form is four decimal numbers, e.g. 146.169.22.42. Many programs accept an address in dot notation in place of a hostname.
- dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- easy does it — If you say 'Easy does it', you are telling someone to be careful and not to use too much effort, especially when they are moving something large and awkward.