12-letter words containing s, h, o, d
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closed shell — (in atomic structure) a shell that contains the maximum number of electrons permitted by the exclusion principle.
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disco lights — coloured lights that flash on and off in time to the music at a disco etc
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- dishonesties — Plural form of dishonesty.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- disinherison — Disherison.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.