12-letter words containing r, e, s, p
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- 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.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disperse dye — any of the class of slightly water-soluble dyes dispersed in aqueous solution for dyeing synthetic textile fibers.
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispreferred — Simple past tense and past participle of disprefer.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information