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12-letter words containing e, r, o, s, i

  • doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
  • dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
  • dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
  • double first — a first in two subjects.
  • dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
  • drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
  • droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
  • drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
  • dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
  • e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
  • east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
  • econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
  • econometrist — An econometrician.
  • ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
  • ecoterrorism — Violence carried out to further environmentalist ends.
  • ecoterrorist — one who commits ecotage; monkey-wrencher.
  • ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
  • 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.
  • efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
  • effronteries — Plural form of effrontery.
  • effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
  • ehrlichiosis — (medicine) A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.
  • eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
  • elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
  • electioneers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electioneer.
  • electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
  • elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
  • ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
  • elytrigerous — having elytra
  • emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
  • emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
  • embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
  • embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
  • embroiderers — Plural form of embroiderer.
  • embroideries — Plural form of embroidery.
  • embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
  • enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
  • encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
  • endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
  • endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
  • endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
  • endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
  • english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
  • engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
  • ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
  • enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
  • enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
  • enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
  • enteroptosis — Visceroptosis of the intestines.
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