12-letter words containing d, o, l, r, i
- delivery boy — a boy or youth who delivers merchandise for a store, as to the homes or offices of customers.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- diarthrodial — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- 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.
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- 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.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.