12-letter words containing s, e, n, i, o, r
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demo version — 1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. See crippleware.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- denominators — Plural form of denominator.
- densitometer — an instrument for measuring the optical density of a material by directing a beam of light onto the specimen and measuring its transmission or reflection
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- desideration — to wish or long for.
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- 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.
- 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.