12-letter words containing o, d, i, s
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- destinations — The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- deteriorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate.
- detestations — Plural form of detestation.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- diffusionism — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- diffusionist — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dimensioning — Present participle of dimension.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- diplomatists — Plural form of diplomatist.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- dipsomaniacs — Plural form of dipsomaniac.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.