12-letter words containing i, s, n, a, d
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disregarding — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- disseminated — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- disseminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disseminate.
- disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- dissipations — Plural form of dissipation.
- dissociating — Present participle of dissociate.
- dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
- distanceless — without distance
- distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- 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.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dynamic dbms — dynamic database management system
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- ellis island — small, government-owned island in Upper New York Bay: former (1892-1943) examination center for immigrants seeking to enter the U.S.: 27 acres (11 hectares)
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.