12-letter words containing o, n, d, r
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- disorientate — to disorient.
- disorienting — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- 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.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- divining rod — a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.
- do honour to — to pay homage to
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
- dodecahedron — a solid figure having 12 faces.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- donkey derby — a race in which contestants ride donkeys, esp at a rural fête
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- door-knocker — a hinged fitting on a door that can be used to knock on it
- doorknockers — Plural form of doorknocker.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double ender — a double-ended vessel.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.