12-letter words containing r, e, d, s, t, o
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- 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).
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- 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.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- 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.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endorsements — Plural form of endorsement.
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.