12-letter words containing o, r, d, e, m
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- 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.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- 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.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- dromaeosaurs — Plural form of dromaeosaur.
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- earth almond — chufa.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- editing room — a room in which a film or television programme is prepared by selecting, rearranging, or rejecting previously filmed material
- embroiderers — Plural form of embroiderer.
- embroideries — Plural form of embroidery.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- enamoredness — Quality of being enamored; love; infatuation.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endomembrane — (biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endorsements — Plural form of endorsement.
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- freedom food — (in Britain) food that is produced by farmers conforming to the guidelines for humane farming set by the Freedom Food programme set up by the RSPCA in conjunction with some major supermarkets
- freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- from day one — from the very beginning