12-letter words containing e, l, d, r, s
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- 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 doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- 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
- dress circle — a circular or curving division of seats in a theater, opera house, etc., usually the first gallery, originally set apart for spectators in evening dress.
- dress length — a piece of material that is big enough to make a dress from
- dress shield — a fabric or plastic pad for attaching to the inside of the underarm of a woman's garment to protect the garment from being soiled by perspiration.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dual-release — A dual-release medicine or preparation delivers two drugs simultaneously.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- 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.
- elderberries — Plural form of elderberry.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- 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.
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- 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
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.