12-letter words containing e, s, d, r
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- desegregated — Simple past tense and past participle of desegregate.
- desegregates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desegregate.
- desensitizer — Anything that desensitizes.
- desert boots — ankle-high suede boots with laces and soft soles, worn informally by men and women
- desert storm — the principal military operation carried out by UN forces in the Gulf War
- desertedness — The state or quality of being deserted.
- deservedness — justly or rightly earned; merited: a deserved increase in salary.
- desiderating — Present participle of desiderate.
- desideration — to wish or long for.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- dessert wine — A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- destabilizer — a person who or a thing that destabilizes
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- deteriorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate.
- determinants — Plural form of determinant.
- determinates — having defined limits; definite.
- determinisms — Plural form of determinism.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- devirginizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devirginize.
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- dexterities' — skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.