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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
  • double first — a first in two subjects.
  • double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
  • dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
  • downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
  • 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.
  • dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
  • e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
  • east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
  • east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
  • east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
  • easy does it — If you say 'Easy does it', you are telling someone to be careful and not to use too much effort, especially when they are moving something large and awkward.
  • eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
  • ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
  • ecclesiology — the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
  • echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
  • econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
  • econometrist — An econometrician.
  • economy size — product: large, inexpensive
  • economy-size — larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.
  • 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).
  • ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
  • edifications — Plural form of edification.
  • 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.
  • educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
  • educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • 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
  • egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
  • egyptologist — Alternative spelling of Egyptologist.
  • ehrlichiosis — (medicine) A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.
  • eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
  • eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
  • eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
  • ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
  • elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
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