12-letter words containing r, i, s, e
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dog's dinner — mess, failure
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- 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
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- 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.
- dress circle — a circular or curving division of seats in a theater, opera house, etc., usually the first gallery, originally set apart for spectators in evening dress.
- dress shield — a fabric or plastic pad for attaching to the inside of the underarm of a woman's garment to protect the garment from being soiled by perspiration.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- driving test — the examination that new drivers must take in order to be officially allowed to drive when not under instruction
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- 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.
- 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.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- easterliness — The state of being easterly.
- eastern rite — the rite of an Eastern church, usually observed in the national language of the country where the church is located.
- eastern time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- econometrist — An econometrician.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- ecoterrorism — Violence carried out to further environmentalist ends.
- ecoterrorist — one who commits ecotage; monkey-wrencher.
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- 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.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- effervescing — Present participle of effervesce.
- effervescive — Tending to produce effervescence.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- effronteries — Plural form of effrontery.