12-letter words containing d, s, m, e
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- code segment — (memory) (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commissioned — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commoditised — Simple past tense and past participle of commoditise.
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- consumerized — to make (goods or a product) suitable or available for mass consumption: to consumerize computers by making them cheaper.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- credit terms — the terms and conditions under which an institution extends credit to a person
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- damnableness — The state or quality of being damnable.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- de-emphasize — to remove emphasis from
- death camass — any liliaceous plant of the genus Zygadenus (or Zigadenus), of the western US, that is poisonous to livestock, esp sheep
- deathmatches — Plural form of deathmatch.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- decompressed — Simple past tense and past participle of decompress.
- decompresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress.
- decompressor — a device for lowering motor engine compression
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify.