12-letter words containing d, o, r, a
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dwarf mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- earth almond — chufa.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- enamoredness — Quality of being enamored; love; infatuation.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endomembrane — (biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- fall forward — (communications) A feature of a modem protocol where two modems which fall back to a lower speed because of data corruption can later return to the higher speed if the connection improves.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.