12-letter words containing s, i, d, e, r
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinner dress — a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown.
- 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.
- directed set — (theory) A set X is directed under some relation, <= (less than or equal), if it is non-empty and if for any two elements x and y there exists an element z such that x <= z and y <= z. I.e. all pairs have an upper bound.
- directedness — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disaggregate — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disassembler — A program for converting machine code into a low-level symbolic language.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disbelievers — Plural form of disbeliever.
- disburdening — Present participle of disburden.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discandering — discandying, melting from a state of being candied
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- 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.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- 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.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.