12-letter words containing r, i, m, e, d
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- 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.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- dream ticket — If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful.
- 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.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- 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
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driving time — the time or estimated time to drive between two points or to one's destination.
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- 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 isle — Ireland
- 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
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- exterminated — Simple past tense and past participle of exterminate.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- 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.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- gimme birdie — a birdie in which the final putt is a gimme
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .