12-letter words containing d, o, n, t, i, s
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- do one's bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- 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.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- 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
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- 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.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- in our midst — among us
- in two minds — If you are in two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action. The expression of two minds is also used, especially in American English.
- indemnitors' — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- indentations — Plural form of indentation.
- indignations — Plural form of indignation.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.