12-letter words containing d, y, o
- inobediently — disobediently
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- interdictory — of, relating to, or noting interdiction.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- joe-pye weed — Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kidney donor — someone who donates one of their kidneys to be transplanted into another person
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- madonna lily — a lily, Lilium candidum, having clusters of pure white, bell-shaped flowers.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- meddlesomely — In a meddlesome manner.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- modificatory — modifying.
- mollycoddled — Simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.