12-letter words containing s, e, l, o
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- 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.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.