12-letter words containing d, r, e, a, l, s
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dual-release — A dual-release medicine or preparation delivers two drugs simultaneously.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- 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.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- emerald isle — Ireland
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- gallbladders — Plural form of gallbladder.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues