12-letter words containing s, e, y, n
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- deny oneself — to do without desired things
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- economy size — product: large, inexpensive
- economy-size — larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- eensy-weensy — tiny; small.
- eighty-seven — a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland