12-letter words containing o, t, s, u
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disquisition — a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributors — Plural form of distributor.
- do one's nut — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- doodly-squat — a minimum amount or degree; the least bit (usually used in the negative): This coin collection isn't worth doodly-squat in today's market.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- 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.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dust-to-dust — (of the environmental impact of a manufactured item) taking into account all phases of the item's existence from construction to eventual disposal
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
- eloquentness — The quality of being eloquent.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages