12-letter words containing r, i, s, e
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- 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.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- discreteness — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disembarrass — to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disinherison — Disherison.
- disinherited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit.
- disintegrant — A disintegrant is an agent, used in the preparation of tablets, which causes them to disintegrate and release their medicinal substances on contact with moisture.
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disinterment — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- disinterring — Present participle of disinter.
- disintricate — (transitive) To disentangle.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- dismembering — Present participle of dismember.
- 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.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.