12-letter words containing r, o, d, e
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- desert boots — ankle-high suede boots with laces and soft soles, worn informally by men and women
- desert storm — the principal military operation carried out by UN forces in the Gulf War
- desideration — to wish or long for.
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- detartration — The process of detartrating, i.e. removing tartrates, especially from fruit juices and wines, in order to reduce tartness or sourness.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- deteriorated — Become progressively worse.
- deteriorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deteriorate.
- determinator — a person who or a thing that determines
- dethronement — to remove from a throne; depose.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- dextrocardia — the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
- dextrogyrate — having dextrorotation
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- diego garcia — chief island of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory: 17 sq mi (44 sq km)
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dimerization — (chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer.
- dinner money — money given to school children to buy dinner at school
- 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.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.